About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is one of the larger villages in Gamharia tehsil, in the district of Madhepura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,359, made up of 4,842 males and 4,517 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 641 hectares hectares.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Madhepura
Tehsil	Gamharia
Area (hectares)	641 hectares
Population	9,359
Male Population	4,842
Female Population	4,517
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 4th largest of the 12 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 6,877 residents. Its 641 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Gamharia

Gamharia 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 Gamharia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gamharia from other places

Gamharia lies about 111 km from Madhepura, and the nearest railway station is Inarwa, about 12 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 Gamharia
Nearest railway station	Inarwa	12 km
Nearest town	Jainagar	12 km
District headquarters	Madhepura	111 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia village had a population of 9,359. That makes it the 4th largest of the 12 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,877 residents.

Gamharia village has 4,842 males and 4,517 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Gamharia covers 641 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gamharia falls under Gamharia tehsil of Madhepura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Inarwa, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Gamharia is about 111 km from Madhepura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia is in Gamharia tehsil of Madhepura district. Inarwa is about 12 km away. Jainagar is about 12 km away. Madhepura is about 111 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.