About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a mid sized village in Banjaria tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 890, made up of 483 males and 407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 364.6 hectares hectares.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Banjaria
Area (hectares)	364.6 hectares
Population	890
Male Population	483
Female Population	407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,504 residents. Its 364.6 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Gamharia

Gamharia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gamharia as Available within 5 - 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 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 84 km from Purba Champaran. 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 town	Padrauna	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Banjaria	35 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	84 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Banjaria 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 890. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,504 residents.

Gamharia village has 483 males and 407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 880.

Gamharia covers 364.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gamharia falls under Banjaria tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The census record for Gamharia notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Gamharia is about 84 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 is in Banjaria tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Padrauna is about 5.8 km away. Banjaria is about 35 km away. Purba Champaran is about 84 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.