About Laurhia Village

Laurhia is a mid sized village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 838, made up of 448 males and 390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45 hectares hectares.

Laurhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Laurhia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Kharagpur
Area (hectares)	45 hectares
Population	838
Male Population	448
Female Population	390
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Laurhia compares

By the 2011 count Laurhia is the 60th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 45 hectares work out to about 19 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 Laurhia

Laurhia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Laurhia 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Laurhia from other places

Laurhia lies about 40 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Ganganiyan, about 21 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 Laurhia
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Ganganiyan	21 km
District headquarters	Munger	40 km

Villages closest to Laurhia

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 Laurhia

As per the Census of India 2011, Laurhia village had a population of 838. That makes it the 60th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Laurhia village has 448 males and 390 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Laurhia has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Laurhia covers 45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Laurhia falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Laurhia is Ganganiyan, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Laurhia.

Laurhia is about 40 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Laurhia is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Kharagpur is about 13 km away. Ganganiyan is about 21 km away. Munger is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.