About Gurwalia Biswas Village

Gurwalia Biswas is one of the larger villages in Chanpatia tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10,309, made up of 5,399 males and 4,910 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 698 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurwalia Biswas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurwalia Biswas village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Chanpatia
Pincode	845450
Area (hectares)	698 hectares
Population	10,309
Male Population	5,399
Female Population	4,910
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gurwalia Biswas compares

By the 2011 count Gurwalia Biswas is the 6th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents. Its 698 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Gurwalia Biswas

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

Gurwalia Biswas lies about 17 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Prajapati, about 4.0 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 Gurwalia Biswas
Nearest railway station	Prajapati	4.0 km
Nearest town	Bettiah	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanpatia	14 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	17 km

Villages closest to Gurwalia Biswas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chanpatia 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 Gurwalia Biswas

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurwalia Biswas village had a population of 10,309. That makes it the 6th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents.

Gurwalia Biswas village has 5,399 males and 4,910 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurwalia Biswas has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Gurwalia Biswas is 845450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurwalia Biswas covers 698 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gurwalia Biswas falls under Chanpatia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gurwalia Biswas is Prajapati, about 4.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Gurwalia Biswas.

Gurwalia Biswas is about 17 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurwalia Biswas is in Chanpatia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Prajapati is about 4.0 km away. Bettiah is about 5.2 km away. Chanpatia is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.