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About Korahra Village

Korahra is a small village in Sherghati tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 210 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares.

Korahra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korahra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Sherghati
Area (hectares) 79 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 210
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 995
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korahra compares

By the 2011 count Korahra is the 65th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Korahra

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

Korahra lies about 20 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kastha, about 16 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 Korahra
Nearest town Bodh Gaya 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sherghati 14 km
Nearest railway station Kastha 16 km
District headquarters Gaya 20 km

Villages closest to Korahra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korahra village had a population of 419. That makes it the 65th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Korahra village has 210 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korahra has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Korahra covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korahra falls under Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Korahra is Kastha, about 16 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 Korahra.

Korahra is about 20 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korahra is in Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district. Bodh Gaya is about 12 km away. Sherghati is about 14 km away. Kastha is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaipur (under 2 km), Dariapur (under 2 km) and Ratanpura (under 2 km).

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

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