About Gamharia Village

Gamharia is a mid sized village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 707, made up of 377 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.2 hectares hectares.

Gamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gamharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Sasaram
Area (hectares)	67.2 hectares
Population	707
Male Population	377
Female Population	330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Gamharia compares

By the 2011 count Gamharia is the 96th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 67.2 hectares work out to about 11 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 village. 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 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
Tehsil headquarters	Sasaram	14 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	14 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 Sasaram 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 707. That makes it the 96th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Gamharia village has 377 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gamharia has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Gamharia covers 67.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gamharia falls under Sasaram 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance 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 Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Shiu Sagar Road is about 3.8 km away. Sasaram is about 14 km away. Sasarām is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.