About Gonai Village

Gonai is a mid sized village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,219, made up of 650 males and 569 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares.

Gonai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Kharagpur
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	1,219
Male Population	650
Female Population	569
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
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 Gonai compares

By the 2011 count Gonai is the 50th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Gonai

Gonai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gonai 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 Gonai from other places

Gonai lies about 27 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Khariapipra Halt, about 7.0 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 Gonai
Nearest railway station	Khariapipra Halt	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur	9.1 km
District headquarters	Munger	27 km

Villages closest to Gonai

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 Gonai

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonai village had a population of 1,219. That makes it the 50th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Gonai village has 650 males and 569 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonai has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Gonai covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gonai falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gonai is Khariapipra Halt, about 7.0 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 Gonai.

Gonai is about 27 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gonai is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Khariapipra Halt is about 7.0 km away. Kharagpur is about 9.1 km away. Munger is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.