About Gidha Village

Gidha is a large village in Dawath tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,903, made up of 1,529 males and 1,374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 674.6 hectares hectares.

Gidha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gidha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Dawath
Area (hectares)	674.6 hectares
Population	2,903
Male Population	1,529
Female Population	1,374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Gidha compares

By the 2011 count Gidha is the 6th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,493 residents. Its 674.6 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Gidha

Gidha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gidha 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 Gidha from other places

Gidha lies about 85 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Hasan Bazar, about 7.6 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 Gidha
Tehsil headquarters	Dawath	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Hasan Bazar	7.6 km
Nearest town	Piro	11 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	85 km

Villages closest to Gidha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gidha village had a population of 2,903. That makes it the 6th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,493 residents.

Gidha village has 1,529 males and 1,374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gidha has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Gidha covers 674.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gidha falls under Dawath tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gidha is Hasan Bazar, about 7.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Gidha.

Gidha is about 85 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gidha is in Dawath tehsil of Rohtas district. Dawath is about 7.4 km away. Hasan Bazar is about 7.6 km away. Piro is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.