About Gamharia Kalan Village

Gamharia Kalan is one of the larger villages in Adapur tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,059, made up of 3,410 males and 2,649 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 777 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446 hectares hectares.

Gamharia Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Adapur
Area (hectares)	446 hectares
Population	6,059
Male Population	3,410
Female Population	2,649
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	777
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gamharia Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia Kalan is the 8th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 446 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Gamharia Kalan

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

Gamharia Kalan lies about 25 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Adapur, about 8.5 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station	Adapur	8.5 km
Nearest town	Raxaul	15 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	25 km

Villages closest to Gamharia Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gamharia Kalan village had a population of 6,059. That makes it the 8th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Gamharia Kalan village has 3,410 males and 2,649 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia Kalan has about 777 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 883.

Gamharia Kalan covers 446 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gamharia Kalan falls under Adapur tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia Kalan is Adapur, about 8.5 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 Gamharia Kalan.

Gamharia Kalan is about 25 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia Kalan is in Adapur tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Adapur is about 8.5 km away. Raxaul is about 15 km away. Purba Champaran is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.