About Gunai Basti Village

Gunai Basti is one of the larger villages in Morwa tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,710, made up of 3,381 males and 3,329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 335 hectares hectares.

Gunai Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gunai Basti village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Morwa
Area (hectares)	335 hectares
Population	6,710
Male Population	3,381
Female Population	3,329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
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 Gunai Basti compares

By the 2011 count Gunai Basti is the 8th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,141 residents. Its 335 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Gunai Basti

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

Gunai Basti lies about 17 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Karpurigram, about 14 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 Gunai Basti
Tehsil headquarters	Morwa	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Karpurigram	14 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	17 km
Nearest town	Samāstipur	17 km

Villages closest to Gunai Basti

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Morwa 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 Gunai Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Gunai Basti village had a population of 6,710. That makes it the 8th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,141 residents.

Gunai Basti village has 3,381 males and 3,329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gunai Basti has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Gunai Basti covers 335 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Gunai Basti falls under Morwa tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gunai Basti is Karpurigram, about 14 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 Gunai Basti.

Gunai Basti is about 17 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gunai Basti is in Morwa tehsil of Samastipur district. Morwa is about 5.7 km away. Karpurigram is about 14 km away. Samastipur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.