About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a mid sized village in Nokha tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,358, made up of 729 males and 629 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151 hectares hectares.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Nokha
Area (hectares)	151 hectares
Population	1,358
Male Population	729
Female Population	629
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 44th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,834 residents. Its 151 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Gamharia

Gamharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Gamharia 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 Gamharia from other places

Gamharia lies about 45 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Shiu Sagar Road, about 3.8 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 Gamharia
Nearest railway station	Shiu Sagar Road	3.8 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nokha	22 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	45 km

Villages closest to Gamharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nokha 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 1,358. That makes it the 44th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,834 residents.

Gamharia village has 729 males and 629 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Gamharia covers 151 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gamharia falls under Nokha tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gamharia is Shiu Sagar Road, about 3.8 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 Gamharia.

Gamharia is about 45 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gamharia is in Nokha tehsil of Rohtas district. Shiu Sagar Road is about 3.8 km away. Sasarām is about 14 km away. Nokha is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.