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About Giriak Bahbolpur Village

Giriak Bahbolpur is one of the larger villages in Giriak tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,404, made up of 2,851 males and 2,553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149 hectares hectares.

Giriak Bahbolpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Giriak Bahbolpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Nalanda
Tehsil Giriak
Area (hectares) 149 hectares
Population 5,404
Male Population 2,851
Female Population 2,553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Giriak Bahbolpur compares

By the 2011 count Giriak Bahbolpur is the 5th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,421 residents. Its 149 hectares work out to about 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Giriak Bahbolpur

Giriak Bahbolpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Giriak Bahbolpur 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 Giriak Bahbolpur from other places

Giriak Bahbolpur lies about 25 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Karahdih, about 11 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 Giriak Bahbolpur
Tehsil headquarters Giriak under 2 km
Nearest railway station Karahdih 11 km
Nearest town Rājgīr 11 km
District headquarters Nalanda 25 km

Villages closest to Giriak Bahbolpur

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

Common questions about Giriak Bahbolpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Giriak Bahbolpur village had a population of 5,404. That makes it the 5th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,421 residents.

Giriak Bahbolpur village has 2,851 males and 2,553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Giriak Bahbolpur has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Giriak Bahbolpur covers 149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 36 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Giriak Bahbolpur falls under Giriak tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Giriak Bahbolpur is Karahdih, about 11 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 Giriak Bahbolpur.

Giriak Bahbolpur is about 25 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Giriak Bahbolpur is in Giriak tehsil of Nalanda district. Giriak is about under 2 km away. Karahdih is about 11 km away. Rājgīr is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghora Katora (under 2 km), Sikandara Kalan (under 2 km) and Adampur (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Giriak Bahbolpur today is likely to be higher.

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