About Erur Village

Erur is a large village in Gurua tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,318, made up of 1,166 males and 1,152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263 hectares hectares.

Erur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gurua
Area (hectares)	263 hectares
Population	2,318
Male Population	1,166
Female Population	1,152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
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 Erur compares

By the 2011 count Erur is the 12th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents. Its 263 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Erur

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

Erur lies about 28 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 14 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 Erur
Tehsil headquarters	Gurua	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	14 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	15 km
District headquarters	Gaya	28 km

Villages closest to Erur

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 Erur

As per the Census of India 2011, Erur village had a population of 2,318. That makes it the 12th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents.

Erur village has 1,166 males and 1,152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erur has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Erur covers 263 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Erur falls under Gurua tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Erur is Guraru, about 14 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 Erur.

Erur is about 28 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erur is in Gurua tehsil of Gaya district. Gurua is about 2.8 km away. Guraru is about 14 km away. Sherghāti is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.