About Gorgama Village

Gorgama is a mid sized village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 356 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gorgama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gorgama village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	131.48 hectares
Population	704
Male Population	356
Female Population	348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
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 Gorgama compares

By the 2011 count Gorgama is the 36th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 131.48 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Gorgama

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

Gorgama lies about 20 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, 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 Gorgama
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	14 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	20 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	20 km

Villages closest to Gorgama

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Gorgama village had a population of 704. That makes it the 36th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Gorgama village has 356 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gorgama has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Gorgama is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gorgama covers 131.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Gorgama falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Gorgama is Kalian Chak, 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 Gorgama.

Gorgama is about 20 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gorgama is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 3.6 km away. Kalian Chak is about 14 km away. Sahibganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.