About Afzalpur Village

Afzalpur is a mid sized village in Sherghati tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,459, made up of 769 males and 690 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares.

Afzalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Afzalpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Sherghati
Area (hectares)	227 hectares
Population	1,459
Male Population	769
Female Population	690
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Afzalpur compares

By the 2011 count Afzalpur is the 34th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Afzalpur

Afzalpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Afzalpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Afzalpur from other places

Afzalpur lies about 36 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 30 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 Afzalpur
Tehsil headquarters	Sherghati	2.5 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	30 km
District headquarters	Gaya	36 km

Villages closest to Afzalpur

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.

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Common questions about Afzalpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Afzalpur village had a population of 1,459. That makes it the 34th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Afzalpur village has 769 males and 690 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Afzalpur has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Afzalpur covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Afzalpur falls under Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Afzalpur is Guraru, about 30 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 village for Afzalpur.

Afzalpur is about 36 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Afzalpur is in Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district. Sherghati is about 2.5 km away. Sherghāti is about 2.5 km away. Guraru is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.