About Gilhabari Village

Gilhabari is a mid sized village in Thakurganj tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 769, made up of 408 males and 361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gilhabari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gilhabari village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Thakurganj
Pincode	855117
Area (hectares)	343 hectares
Population	769
Male Population	408
Female Population	361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gilhabari compares

By the 2011 count Gilhabari is the 65th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents. Its 343 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 947.

Getting to Gilhabari

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

Gilhabari lies about 31 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 6.1 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 Gilhabari
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurganj	15 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	21 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	31 km

Villages closest to Gilhabari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gilhabari village had a population of 769. That makes it the 65th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents.

Gilhabari village has 408 males and 361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gilhabari has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 947.

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

Gilhabari covers 343 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gilhabari falls under Thakurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gilhabari is Pawakhali, about 6.1 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 10+ km distance for Gilhabari.

Gilhabari is about 31 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gilhabari is in Thakurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district. Pawakhali is about 6.1 km away. Thakurganj is about 15 km away. Bahādurganj is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.