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About Gurganwan Village

Gurganwan is a large village in Salkhua tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,867, made up of 2,023 males and 1,844 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gurganwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurganwan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saharsa
Tehsil Salkhua
Pincode 852127
Area (hectares) 185 hectares
Population 3,867
Male Population 2,023
Female Population 1,844
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Gurganwan compares

By the 2011 count Gurganwan is the 16th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Gurganwan

The census records public bus service for Gurganwan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Gurganwan from other places

Gurganwan lies about 19 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 2.1 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 Gurganwan
Nearest railway station Simri Bakhtiyarpur 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Salkhua 3.8 km
District headquarters Saharsa 19 km

Villages closest to Gurganwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurganwan village had a population of 3,867. That makes it the 16th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Gurganwan village has 2,023 males and 1,844 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurganwan has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Gurganwan is 852127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gurganwan covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gurganwan falls under Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gurganwan is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 2.1 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Gurganwan.

Gurganwan is about 19 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurganwan is in Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district. Simri Bakhtiyarpur is about 2.1 km away. Salkhua is about 3.8 km away. Saharsa is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Puraini (under 2 km), Mamarkha (under 2 km) and Gauspur (1.7 km).

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

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