About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a small village in Mainatanr tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 162 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.7 hectares hectares.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Mainatanr
Area (hectares)	75.7 hectares
Population	303
Male Population	162
Female Population	141
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 86th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,059 residents. Its 75.7 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Gamharia

Gamharia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gamharia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Gamharia from other places

Gamharia lies about 32 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 4.9 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 Gamharia
Nearest railway station	Bhitiharwa Ashram	4.9 km
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mainatanr	28 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	32 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia village had a population of 303. That makes it the 86th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,059 residents.

Gamharia village has 162 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Gamharia covers 75.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamharia falls under Mainatanr tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 4.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Gamharia.

Gamharia is about 32 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia is in Mainatanr tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Bhitiharwa Ashram is about 4.9 km away. Rāmnagar is about 17 km away. Mainatanr is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.