About Phanphar Village

Phanphar is a mid sized village in Guraru tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 868, made up of 467 males and 401 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares.

Phanphar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phanphar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Guraru
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	868
Male Population	467
Female Population	401
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
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 Phanphar compares

By the 2011 count Phanphar is the 50th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Phanphar

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

Phanphar lies about 23 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 1.7 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 Phanphar
Nearest railway station	Guraru	1.7 km
Nearest town	Rafiganj	15 km
District headquarters	Gaya	23 km

Villages closest to Phanphar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Phanphar village had a population of 868. That makes it the 50th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents.

Phanphar village has 467 males and 401 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phanphar has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Phanphar covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Phanphar falls under Guraru tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Phanphar is Guraru, about 1.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Phanphar.

Phanphar is about 23 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phanphar is in Guraru tehsil of Gaya district. Guraru is about 1.7 km away. Rafiganj is about 15 km away. Gaya is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.