About Gauraia Village

Gauraia is one of the larger villages in Kurhani tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,915, made up of 3,131 males and 2,784 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 345.6 hectares hectares.

Gauraia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gauraia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Muzaffarpur
Tehsil	Kurhani
Area (hectares)	345.6 hectares
Population	5,915
Male Population	3,131
Female Population	2,784
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
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 Gauraia compares

By the 2011 count Gauraia is the 17th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,705 residents. Its 345.6 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Gauraia

Gauraia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gauraia 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 Gauraia from other places

Gauraia lies about 35 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Vishnupur Bathua Halt, about 3.1 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 Gauraia
Nearest railway station	Vishnupur Bathua Halt	3.1 km
Nearest town	Samāstipur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurhani	34 km
District headquarters	Muzaffarpur	35 km

Villages closest to Gauraia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gauraia village had a population of 5,915. That makes it the 17th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,705 residents.

Gauraia village has 3,131 males and 2,784 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gauraia has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Gauraia covers 345.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gauraia falls under Kurhani tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gauraia is Vishnupur Bathua Halt, about 3.1 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 Gauraia.

Gauraia is about 35 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gauraia is in Kurhani tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Vishnupur Bathua Halt is about 3.1 km away. Samāstipur is about 14 km away. Kurhani is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.