About Ghanshampur Village

Ghanshampur is a small village in Barhampur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 187 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares.

Ghanshampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanshampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Barhampur
Area (hectares)	59 hectares
Population	353
Male Population	187
Female Population	166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghanshampur compares

By the 2011 count Ghanshampur is the 56th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,016 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Ghanshampur

Ghanshampur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ghanshampur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghanshampur from other places

Ghanshampur lies about 32 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Raghunathpur Railway Station, about 8.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ghanshampur
Nearest railway station	Raghunathpur Railway Station	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhampur	12 km
Nearest town	Jagdīspur	14 km
District headquarters	Buxar	32 km

Villages closest to Ghanshampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barhampur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Ghanshampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanshampur village had a population of 353. That makes it the 56th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,016 residents.

Ghanshampur village has 187 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanshampur has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Ghanshampur covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghanshampur falls under Barhampur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ghanshampur is Raghunathpur Railway Station, about 8.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ghanshampur.

Ghanshampur is about 32 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanshampur is in Barhampur tehsil of Buxar district. Raghunathpur Railway Station is about 8.7 km away. Barhampur is about 12 km away. Jagdīspur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.