About Gong Chak Village

Gong Chak is a mid sized village in Asthawan tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 258 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares.

Gong Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gong Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Asthawan
Area (hectares)	114 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	258
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gong Chak compares

By the 2011 count Gong Chak is the 53rd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,779 residents. Its 114 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Gong Chak

Gong Chak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gong Chak as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gong Chak from other places

Gong Chak lies about 27 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 13 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 Gong Chak
Nearest town	Bar Bigha	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Sarsa Jamalpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Asthawan	27 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	27 km

Villages closest to Gong Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Asthawan 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 Gong Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Gong Chak village had a population of 500. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,779 residents.

Gong Chak village has 258 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gong Chak has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

Gong Chak covers 114 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gong Chak falls under Asthawan tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gong Chak is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gong Chak.

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

Gong Chak is in Asthawan tehsil of Nalanda district. Bar Bigha is about 6.7 km away. Sarsa Jamalpur is about 13 km away. Asthawan is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.