About Gurtara Village

Gurtara is a small village in Singheshwar tehsil, in the district of Madhepura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 464, made up of 245 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurtara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurtara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Madhepura
Tehsil	Singheshwar
Pincode	852128
Area (hectares)	110 hectares
Population	464
Male Population	245
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gurtara compares

By the 2011 count Gurtara is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,956 residents. Its 110 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Gurtara

Gurtara 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 Gurtara 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 Gurtara from other places

Gurtara lies about 12 km from Madhepura, and the nearest railway station is Dauram Madhepura, about 14 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 Gurtara
Tehsil headquarters	Singheshwar	12 km
District headquarters	Madhepura	12 km
Nearest railway station	Dauram Madhepura	14 km

Villages closest to Gurtara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurtara village had a population of 464. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,956 residents.

Gurtara village has 245 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurtara has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Gurtara is 852128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurtara covers 110 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gurtara falls under Singheshwar tehsil of Madhepura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gurtara is Dauram Madhepura, about 14 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 Gurtara.

Gurtara is about 12 km from Madhepura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurtara is in Singheshwar tehsil of Madhepura district. Singheshwar is about 12 km away. Madhepura is about 12 km away. Dauram Madhepura is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.