About Gurmain Village

Gurmain is a mid sized village in Hajipur tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 881, made up of 459 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62 hectares hectares.

Gurmain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gurmain village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Vaishali
Tehsil	Hajipur
Area (hectares)	62 hectares
Population	881
Male Population	459
Female Population	422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Gurmain compares

By the 2011 count Gurmain is the 90th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,664 residents. Its 62 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Gurmain

Gurmain is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Gurmain 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gurmain from other places

Gurmain lies about 64 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Birju Bigha, about 2.8 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 Gurmain
Nearest railway station	Birju Bigha	2.8 km
Nearest town	Masaurhi Buzurg	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hajipur	31 km
District headquarters	Vaishali	64 km

Villages closest to Gurmain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gurmain village had a population of 881. That makes it the 90th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,664 residents.

Gurmain village has 459 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gurmain has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 892.

Gurmain covers 62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gurmain falls under Hajipur tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Gurmain is Birju Bigha, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Gurmain.

Gurmain is about 64 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gurmain is in Hajipur tehsil of Vaishali district. Birju Bigha is about 2.8 km away. Masaurhi Buzurg is about 12 km away. Hajipur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.