About Gahilbari Village

Gahilbari is a mid sized village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 528, made up of 277 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.09 hectares hectares.

Gahilbari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahilbari village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	93.09 hectares
Population	528
Male Population	277
Female Population	251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
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 Gahilbari compares

By the 2011 count Gahilbari is the 144th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 93.09 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Gahilbari

Gahilbari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gahilbari 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 Gahilbari from other places

Gahilbari lies about 34 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Azamnagar Road, about 6.8 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 Gahilbari
Nearest railway station	Azamnagar Road	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	8.6 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	23 km
District headquarters	Katihar	34 km

Villages closest to Gahilbari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahilbari village had a population of 528. That makes it the 144th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Gahilbari village has 277 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahilbari has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Gahilbari covers 93.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gahilbari falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gahilbari is Azamnagar Road, about 6.8 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 Gahilbari.

Gahilbari is about 34 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahilbari is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Azamnagar Road is about 6.8 km away. Azamnagar is about 8.6 km away. Rāiganj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.