About Gelabari Village

Gelabari is a mid sized village in Pothia tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 589, made up of 298 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gelabari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gelabari village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Pothia
Pincode	855117
Area (hectares)	133.43 hectares
Population	589
Male Population	298
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gelabari compares

By the 2011 count Gelabari is the 102nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents. Its 133.43 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Gelabari

Gelabari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gelabari as Available within 5 - 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 Gelabari from other places

Gelabari lies about 110 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Bihariganj, about 18 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 Gelabari
Nearest railway station	Bihariganj	18 km
Nearest town	Bihārīganj	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pothia	25 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	110 km

Villages closest to Gelabari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gelabari village had a population of 589. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents.

Gelabari village has 298 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gelabari has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Gelabari is 855117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gelabari covers 133.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gelabari falls under Pothia tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gelabari is Bihariganj, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gelabari.

Gelabari is about 110 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gelabari is in Pothia tehsil of Kishanganj district. Bihariganj is about 18 km away. Bihārīganj is about 18 km away. Pothia is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.