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About Gamharia Birnagar Village

Gamharia Birnagar is a large village in Sikta tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,170, made up of 1,650 males and 1,520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 645.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gamharia Birnagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia Birnagar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Sikta
Pincode 845307
Area (hectares) 645.2 hectares
Population 3,170
Male Population 1,650
Female Population 1,520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
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 Birnagar compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia Birnagar is the 23rd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents. Its 645.2 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Gamharia Birnagar

Gamharia Birnagar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Gamharia Birnagar 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 Birnagar from other places

Gamharia Birnagar lies about 25 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kangali Halt, about 7.4 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 Birnagar
Nearest railway station Kangali Halt 7.4 km
Nearest town Raxaul 14 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikta 34 km

Villages closest to Gamharia Birnagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia Birnagar village had a population of 3,170. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents.

Gamharia Birnagar village has 1,650 males and 1,520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia Birnagar has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Gamharia Birnagar is 845307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gamharia Birnagar covers 645.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamharia Birnagar falls under Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia Birnagar is Kangali Halt, about 7.4 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 Birnagar.

Gamharia Birnagar is about 25 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 Birnagar is in Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Kangali Halt is about 7.4 km away. Raxaul is about 14 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maswas (2.8 km), Chhapainia (3.9 km) and Sugaha (4.1 km).

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

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