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About Angra Village

Angra is a mid sized village in Konch tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,312, made up of 715 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares.

Angra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Angra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Konch
Area (hectares) 187 hectares
Population 1,312
Male Population 715
Female Population 597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 835
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Angra compares

By the 2011 count Angra is the 58th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Angra

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

Angra lies about 96 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Nonar Halt, about 13 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 Angra
Nearest town Piro 12 km
Nearest railway station Nonar Halt 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Konch 30 km
District headquarters Gaya 96 km

Villages closest to Angra

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

Common questions about Angra

As per the Census of India 2011, Angra village had a population of 1,312. That makes it the 58th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents.

Angra village has 715 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Angra has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Angra covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Angra falls under Konch tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Angra is Nonar Halt, about 13 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Angra.

Angra is about 96 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Angra is in Konch tehsil of Gaya district. Piro is about 12 km away. Nonar Halt is about 13 km away. Konch is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangraur (under 2 km), Tarari (4.8 km) and Peare Chak (6.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Angra today is likely to be higher.

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