About Gortorwa Village

Gortorwa is a small village in Bodh Gaya tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 117 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares.

Gortorwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gortorwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Bodh Gaya
Area (hectares)	38 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	117
Female Population	107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
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 Gortorwa compares

By the 2011 count Gortorwa is the 120th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Gortorwa

Gortorwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gortorwa 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 Gortorwa from other places

Gortorwa lies about 13 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Tankuppa, about 7.8 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.

Distances from Gortorwa
Tehsil headquarters	Bodh Gaya	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Tankuppa	7.8 km
District headquarters	Gaya	13 km

Villages closest to Gortorwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bodh Gaya 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 Gortorwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Gortorwa village had a population of 224. That makes it the 120th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Gortorwa village has 117 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gortorwa has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Gortorwa covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gortorwa falls under Bodh Gaya tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gortorwa is Tankuppa, about 7.8 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 Gortorwa.

Gortorwa is about 13 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gortorwa is in Bodh Gaya tehsil of Gaya district. Bodh Gaya is about 6.3 km away. Tankuppa is about 7.8 km away. Gaya is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.