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About Korea Village

Korea is a mid sized village in Bijaipur tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,493, made up of 693 males and 800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74 hectares hectares.

Korea Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korea village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Bijaipur
Area (hectares) 74 hectares
Population 1,493
Male Population 693
Female Population 800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Korea compares

By the 2011 count Korea is the 32nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 74 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1101.

Getting to Korea

Korea is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Korea as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korea from other places

Korea lies about 35 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Panchdeori Halt, about 12 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 Korea
Nearest town Kataiya 8.6 km
Nearest railway station Panchdeori Halt 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Bijaipur 32 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 35 km

Villages closest to Korea

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korea village had a population of 1,493. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Korea village has 693 males and 800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korea has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1101.

Korea covers 74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Korea falls under Bijaipur tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Korea is Panchdeori Halt, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Korea.

Korea is about 35 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korea is in Bijaipur tehsil of Gopalganj district. Kataiya is about 8.6 km away. Panchdeori Halt is about 12 km away. Bijaipur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parsahi (under 2 km), Kurthia (1.6 km) and Barahra (2.8 km).

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

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