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About Gangaili Arazi Village

Gangaili Arazi is a large village in Purnia East tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,631, made up of 1,403 males and 1,228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36 hectares hectares.

Gangaili Arazi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gangaili Arazi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Purnia East
Area (hectares) 36 hectares
Population 2,631
Male Population 1,403
Female Population 1,228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gangaili Arazi compares

By the 2011 count Gangaili Arazi is the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents. Its 36 hectares work out to about 73 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Gangaili Arazi

Gangaili Arazi 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 Gangaili Arazi 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gangaili Arazi from other places

Gangaili Arazi lies about 11 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Ranipatra, about 10 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 Gangaili Arazi
Nearest railway station Ranipatra 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Purnia East 11 km
District headquarters Purnia 11 km

Villages closest to Gangaili Arazi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purnia East 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 Gangaili Arazi

As per the Census of India 2011, Gangaili Arazi village had a population of 2,631. That makes it the 21st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents.

Gangaili Arazi village has 1,403 males and 1,228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gangaili Arazi has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Gangaili Arazi covers 36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 73 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gangaili Arazi falls under Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gangaili Arazi is Ranipatra, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Gangaili Arazi is about 11 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gangaili Arazi is in Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district. Ranipatra is about 10 km away. Purnia East is about 11 km away. Purnia is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parmanandpur (2.5 km), Bahadurpur Khan Jahan (2.7 km) and Tharha (2.8 km).

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

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