About Eru Village

Eru is a large village in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,056, made up of 1,093 males and 963 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 357 hectares hectares.

Eru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Eru village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Wazirganj
Area (hectares)	357 hectares
Population	2,056
Male Population	1,093
Female Population	963
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Eru compares

By the 2011 count Eru is the 29th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 357 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Eru

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

Eru lies about 17 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Tankuppa, about 1.6 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 Eru
Nearest railway station	Tankuppa	1.6 km
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Wazirganj	16 km
District headquarters	Gaya	17 km

Villages closest to Eru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Eru village had a population of 2,056. That makes it the 29th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents.

Eru village has 1,093 males and 963 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Eru has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Eru covers 357 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Eru falls under Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Eru is Tankuppa, about 1.6 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 Eru.

Eru is about 17 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Eru is in Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district. Tankuppa is about 1.6 km away. Bodh Gaya is about 15 km away. Wazirganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.