About Gaura Village

Gaura is a mid sized village in Dinara tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 671, made up of 366 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gaura village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Dinara
Pincode	802218
Area (hectares)	122 hectares
Population	671
Male Population	366
Female Population	305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gaura compares

By the 2011 count Gaura is the 106th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents. Its 122 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 938.

Getting to Gaura

Gaura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gaura 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gaura from other places

Gaura lies about 76 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Shaheed Baba Parav Halt, about 16 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 Gaura
Tehsil headquarters	Dinara	7.9 km
Nearest town	Bikramganj	15 km
Nearest railway station	Shaheed Baba Parav Halt	16 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	76 km

Villages closest to Gaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gaura village had a population of 671. That makes it the 106th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents.

Gaura village has 366 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gaura has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Gaura is 802218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gaura covers 122 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gaura falls under Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gaura is Shaheed Baba Parav Halt, about 16 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 village for Gaura.

Gaura is about 76 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gaura is in Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district. Dinara is about 7.9 km away. Bikramganj is about 15 km away. Shaheed Baba Parav Halt is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.