About Chunuk Bigha Village

Chunuk Bigha is a mid sized village in Gurua tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 942, made up of 505 males and 437 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24 hectares hectares.

Chunuk Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chunuk Bigha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gurua
Area (hectares)	24 hectares
Population	942
Male Population	505
Female Population	437
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
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 Chunuk Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Chunuk Bigha is the 77th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents. Its 24 hectares work out to about 39 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Chunuk Bigha

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

Chunuk Bigha lies about 14 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Tankuppa, about 4.9 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.

Distances from Chunuk Bigha
Nearest railway station	Tankuppa	4.9 km
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	8.9 km
District headquarters	Gaya	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gurua	30 km

Villages closest to Chunuk Bigha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gurua 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 Chunuk Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Chunuk Bigha village had a population of 942. That makes it the 77th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents.

Chunuk Bigha village has 505 males and 437 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chunuk Bigha has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Chunuk Bigha covers 24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 39 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chunuk Bigha falls under Gurua tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chunuk Bigha is Tankuppa, about 4.9 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 Chunuk Bigha.

Chunuk Bigha is about 14 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chunuk Bigha is in Gurua tehsil of Gaya district. Tankuppa is about 4.9 km away. Bodh Gaya is about 8.9 km away. Gaya is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.