About Gurmha Village

Gurmha is a mid sized village in Uchkagaon tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,896, made up of 961 males and 935 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares.

Gurmha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurmha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Uchkagaon
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	1,896
Male Population	961
Female Population	935
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gurmha compares

By the 2011 count Gurmha is the 29th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Gurmha

Gurmha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gurmha as Available within 10+ 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 Gurmha from other places

Gurmha lies about 19 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Ratan Sarai, about 15 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 Gurmha
Nearest town	Areraj	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Ratan Sarai	15 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uchkagaon	31 km

Villages closest to Gurmha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurmha village had a population of 1,896. That makes it the 29th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents.

Gurmha village has 961 males and 935 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurmha has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Gurmha covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gurmha falls under Uchkagaon tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gurmha is Ratan Sarai, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gurmha.

Gurmha is about 19 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurmha is in Uchkagaon tehsil of Gopalganj district. Areraj is about 7.6 km away. Ratan Sarai is about 15 km away. Gopalganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.