About Gaighat Village

Gaighat is a mid sized village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,257, made up of 643 males and 614 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2437 hectares hectares.

Gaighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaighat village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Kharagpur
Area (hectares)	2437 hectares
Population	1,257
Male Population	643
Female Population	614
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaighat compares

By the 2011 count Gaighat is the 49th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 2437 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Gaighat

Gaighat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gaighat as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gaighat from other places

Gaighat lies about 37 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Chaura BH, about 25 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 Gaighat
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Chaura BH	25 km
District headquarters	Munger	37 km

Villages closest to Gaighat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaighat village had a population of 1,257. That makes it the 49th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Gaighat village has 643 males and 614 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaighat has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 890.

Gaighat covers 2437 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Gaighat falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gaighat is Chaura BH, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gaighat.

Gaighat is about 37 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaighat is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Kharagpur is about 11 km away. Chaura BH is about 25 km away. Munger is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.