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About Ghurna Village

Ghurna is a small village in Marhaura tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 189, made up of 101 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares.

Ghurna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghurna village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Marhaura
Area (hectares) 35 hectares
Population 189
Male Population 101
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
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 Ghurna compares

By the 2011 count Ghurna is the 92nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,345 residents. Its 35 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 980.

Getting to Ghurna

The census records public bus service for Ghurna 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 Ghurna from other places

Ghurna lies about 27 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Terha Halt, about 2.5 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 Ghurna
Tehsil headquarters Marhaura under 2 km
Nearest railway station Terha Halt 2.5 km
District headquarters Saran 27 km

Villages closest to Ghurna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghurna village had a population of 189. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,345 residents.

Ghurna village has 101 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghurna has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

Ghurna covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghurna falls under Marhaura tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ghurna is Terha Halt, about 2.5 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 Ghurna.

Ghurna is about 27 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghurna is in Marhaura tehsil of Saran district. Marhaura is about under 2 km away. Terha Halt is about 2.5 km away. Saran is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chainpur (under 2 km), Marhaura Chattis (under 2 km) and Rup Rahimpur (1.5 km).

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

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