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About Gayghat Village

Gayghat is a mid sized village in Kudra tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 550, made up of 300 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110 hectares hectares.

Gayghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gayghat village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kaimur
Tehsil Kudra
Area (hectares) 110 hectares
Population 550
Male Population 300
Female Population 250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Gayghat compares

By the 2011 count Gayghat is the 80th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,263 residents. Its 110 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 923.

Getting to Gayghat

Gayghat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gayghat as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gayghat from other places

Gayghat lies about 78 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Muthani, about 8.9 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 Gayghat
Nearest railway station Muthani 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kudra 15 km
Nearest town Bhabhua 20 km
District headquarters Kaimur 78 km

Villages closest to Gayghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gayghat village had a population of 550. That makes it the 80th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,263 residents.

Gayghat village has 300 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gayghat has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Gayghat covers 110 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gayghat falls under Kudra tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gayghat is Muthani, about 8.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gayghat.

Gayghat is about 78 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gayghat is in Kudra tehsil of Kaimur district. Muthani is about 8.9 km away. Kudra is about 15 km away. Bhabhua is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banrughat (under 2 km), Dhaturha (under 2 km) and Nataya (2.1 km).

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

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