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About Alahua Chak Village

Alahua Chak is a small village in Amas tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 197, made up of 104 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53 hectares hectares.

Alahua Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alahua Chak village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Amas
Area (hectares) 53 hectares
Population 197
Male Population 104
Female Population 93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Alahua Chak compares

By the 2011 count Alahua Chak is the 81st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 53 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Alahua Chak

Alahua Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Alahua Chak 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alahua Chak from other places

Alahua Chak lies about 34 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 26 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 Alahua Chak
Nearest town Sherghāti 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Amas 13 km
Nearest railway station Guraru 26 km
District headquarters Gaya 34 km

Villages closest to Alahua Chak

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

Common questions about Alahua Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Alahua Chak village had a population of 197. That makes it the 81st largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Alahua Chak village has 104 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alahua Chak has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Alahua Chak covers 53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Alahua Chak falls under Amas tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Alahua Chak is Guraru, about 26 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Alahua Chak.

Alahua Chak is about 34 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alahua Chak is in Amas tehsil of Gaya district. Sherghāti is about 3.2 km away. Amas is about 13 km away. Guraru is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shekh Bigha (under 2 km), Rajpur (under 2 km) and Surajpura (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Alahua Chak today is likely to be higher.

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