About Gayaghat Village

Gayaghat is a large village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,468, made up of 1,293 males and 1,175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129.89 hectares hectares.

How Gayaghat compares

By the 2011 count Gayaghat is the 23rd largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 129.89 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Gayaghat

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

How far is Gayaghat from other places

Gayaghat lies about 18 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Dumraon, about 6.8 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.

Villages closest to Gayaghat

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

• Bhakura under 2 km
• Chunidanr under 2 km
• Paila Dih under 2 km
• Parari under 2 km
• Pakari under 2 km
• Rani Singhanpura under 2 km

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.