About Gahira Bar Village

Gahira Bar is a small village in Contai I tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 125 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Gahira Bar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Gahira Bar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Tehsil	Contai I
Pincode	721401
Area (hectares)	24.5 hectares
Population	229
Male Population	125
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Gahira Bar compares

By the 2011 count Gahira Bar is the 186th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 24.5 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Gahira Bar

Gahira Bar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Gahira Bar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Gahira Bar from other places

Gahira Bar lies about 23 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Nachinda, about 5.7 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 Gahira Bar
Nearest railway station	Nachinda	5.7 km
Nearest town	Contai	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Contai I	23 km
District headquarters	Purba Medinipur	23 km

Villages closest to Gahira Bar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Contai I 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 Gahira Bar

As per the Census of India 2011, Gahira Bar village had a population of 229. That makes it the 186th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Gahira Bar village has 125 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Gahira Bar has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Gahira Bar is 721401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Gahira Bar covers 24.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Gahira Bar falls under Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Gahira Bar is Nachinda, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Gahira Bar.

Gahira Bar is about 23 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Gahira Bar is in Contai I tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Nachinda is about 5.7 km away. Contai is about 14 km away. Contai I is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.