About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a mid sized village in Gurua tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,452, made up of 760 males and 692 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gurua
Area (hectares)	140 hectares
Population	1,452
Male Population	760
Female Population	692
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 34th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Gamharia

Gamharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gamharia as Available within village. 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 Gamharia from other places

Gamharia lies about 35 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Ismailpur, about 18 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 Gamharia
Tehsil headquarters	Gurua	8.1 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	14 km
Nearest railway station	Ismailpur	18 km
District headquarters	Gaya	35 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

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 Gamharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia village had a population of 1,452. That makes it the 34th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents.

Gamharia village has 760 males and 692 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Gamharia covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gamharia falls under Gurua tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Ismailpur, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gamharia.

Gamharia is about 35 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia is in Gurua tehsil of Gaya district. Gurua is about 8.1 km away. Sherghāti is about 14 km away. Ismailpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.