About Phuguniyan Village

Phuguniyan is a small village in Barachatti tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 113 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190 hectares hectares.

How Phuguniyan compares

By the 2011 count Phuguniyan is the 113th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 190 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Phuguniyan

Phuguniyan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Phuguniyan as Available within <5 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 Phuguniyan from other places

Phuguniyan lies about 20 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 2.9 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 Phuguniyan

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

• Kalaua Khurd 5.2 km
• Pir Chak 8.9 km
• Pakariya 10 km
• Nimi 11 km
• Dhamna 12 km
• Ratna Chak 13 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.