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About Gorhia Village

Gorhia is a large village in Chautham tehsil, in the district of Khagaria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,371, made up of 2,349 males and 2,022 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorhia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Khagaria
Tehsil Chautham
Pincode 852161
Area (hectares) 231 hectares
Population 4,371
Male Population 2,349
Female Population 2,022
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gorhia compares

By the 2011 count Gorhia is the 12th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,494 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Gorhia

Gorhia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gorhia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gorhia from other places

Gorhia lies about 14 km from Khagaria, and the nearest railway station is Chedhabanni Halt, about under 2 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 Gorhia
Nearest railway station Chedhabanni Halt under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chautham 7.8 km
Nearest town Gogri Jamālpur 11 km
District headquarters Khagaria 14 km

Villages closest to Gorhia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorhia village had a population of 4,371. That makes it the 12th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,494 residents.

Gorhia village has 2,349 males and 2,022 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorhia has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Gorhia is 852161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorhia covers 231 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gorhia falls under Chautham tehsil of Khagaria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gorhia is Chedhabanni Halt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gorhia.

Gorhia is about 14 km from Khagaria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorhia is in Chautham tehsil of Khagaria district. Chedhabanni Halt is about under 2 km away. Chautham is about 7.8 km away. Gogri Jamālpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pahar Chak (1.5 km), Farreh (2.2 km) and Telaunchh (2.8 km).

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

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