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About Botgonw Village

Botgonw is a small village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 123 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83 hectares hectares.

Botgonw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Botgonw village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Gaunaha
Area (hectares) 83 hectares
Population 242
Male Population 123
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Botgonw compares

By the 2011 count Botgonw is the 119th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 83 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Botgonw

Botgonw is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Botgonw as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Botgonw from other places

Botgonw lies about 36 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Gaunaha, about 3.3 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 Botgonw
Nearest railway station Gaunaha 3.3 km
Nearest town Narkatiāganj 23 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 36 km

Villages closest to Botgonw

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Botgonw village had a population of 242. That makes it the 119th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Botgonw village has 123 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Botgonw has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Botgonw covers 83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Botgonw falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Botgonw is Gaunaha, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Botgonw.

Botgonw is about 36 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Botgonw is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gaunaha is about 3.3 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 23 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Domat (under 2 km), Mahajogin (under 2 km) and Dharampur (under 2 km).

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

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