About Gonawan Village

Gonawan is one of the larger villages in Harnaut tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,628, made up of 2,969 males and 2,659 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 803110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gonawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gonawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Harnaut
Pincode	803110
Area (hectares)	342 hectares
Population	5,628
Male Population	2,969
Female Population	2,659
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gonawan compares

By the 2011 count Gonawan is the 8th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents. Its 342 hectares work out to about 16 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 906.

Getting to Gonawan

Gonawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gonawan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gonawan from other places

Gonawan lies about 25 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Harnaut, about 7.2 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 Gonawan
Nearest railway station	Harnaut	7.2 km
Nearest town	Bakhtiarpur	13 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	25 km

Villages closest to Gonawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gonawan village had a population of 5,628. That makes it the 8th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents.

Gonawan village has 2,969 males and 2,659 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gonawan has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

The pincode recorded for Gonawan is 803110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gonawan covers 342 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gonawan falls under Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gonawan is Harnaut, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gonawan.

Gonawan 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.

Gonawan is in Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district. Harnaut is about 7.2 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 13 km away. Nalanda is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.