About Garhbainan Village

Garhbainan is a large village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,042, made up of 1,564 males and 1,478 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565 hectares hectares.

Garhbainan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Garhbainan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	565 hectares
Population	3,042
Male Population	1,564
Female Population	1,478
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Garhbainan compares

By the 2011 count Garhbainan is the 24th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 565 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Garhbainan

Garhbainan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Garhbainan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Garhbainan from other places

Garhbainan lies about 19 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Kamalpur Halt, about 7.6 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 Garhbainan
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalpur Halt	7.6 km
District headquarters	Katihar	19 km

Villages closest to Garhbainan

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 Garhbainan

As per the Census of India 2011, Garhbainan village had a population of 3,042. That makes it the 24th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Garhbainan village has 1,564 males and 1,478 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Garhbainan has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Garhbainan covers 565 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Garhbainan falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Garhbainan is Kamalpur Halt, about 7.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Garhbainan.

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

Garhbainan is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Azamnagar is about 6.9 km away. Kamalpur Halt is about 7.6 km away. Katihar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.