About Gurhanwa Village

Gurhanwa is a large village in Dhaka tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,411, made up of 1,818 males and 1,593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurhanwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurhanwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Dhaka
Pincode	845304
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	3,411
Male Population	1,818
Female Population	1,593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gurhanwa compares

By the 2011 count Gurhanwa is the 39th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,526 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Gurhanwa

Gurhanwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gurhanwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Gahai, Gamhariya, Garahia and Gawandari. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Gurhanwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurhanwa village had a population of 3,411. That makes it the 39th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,526 residents.

Gurhanwa village has 1,818 males and 1,593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurhanwa has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 906.

The pincode recorded for Gurhanwa is 845304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurhanwa covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gurhanwa falls under Dhaka tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The census record for Gurhanwa notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

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

Gurhanwa is in Dhaka tehsil of Purba Champaran district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.