About Usri Village

Usri is a mid sized village in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 635, made up of 346 males and 289 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 805131, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Usri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Usri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Wazirganj
Pincode	805131
Area (hectares)	111 hectares
Population	635
Male Population	346
Female Population	289
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Usri compares

By the 2011 count Usri is the 102nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 111 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 Usri

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

Usri lies about 25 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Pura Halt, about 5.1 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 Usri
Tehsil headquarters	Wazirganj	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Pura Halt	5.1 km
Nearest town	Hisua	18 km
District headquarters	Gaya	25 km

Villages closest to Usri

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 Usri

As per the Census of India 2011, Usri village had a population of 635. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents.

Usri village has 346 males and 289 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Usri has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Usri is 805131. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Usri covers 111 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Usri falls under Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Usri is Pura Halt, about 5.1 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 Usri.

Usri is about 25 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Usri is in Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district. Wazirganj is about 3.8 km away. Pura Halt is about 5.1 km away. Hisua is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.