About Rahikpur Village

Rahikpur is a mid sized village in Jokihat tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,676, made up of 877 males and 799 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350 hectares hectares.

Rahikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rahikpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Jokihat
Area (hectares)	350 hectares
Population	1,676
Male Population	877
Female Population	799
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rahikpur compares

By the 2011 count Rahikpur is the 64th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents. Its 350 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Rahikpur

Rahikpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rahikpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Rahikpur from other places

Rahikpur lies about 10 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Kusiargaon, about 13 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 Rahikpur
Tehsil headquarters	Jokihat	5.0 km
District headquarters	Araria	10 km
Nearest town	Arāria	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kusiargaon	13 km

Villages closest to Rahikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rahikpur village had a population of 1,676. That makes it the 64th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents.

Rahikpur village has 877 males and 799 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rahikpur has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Rahikpur covers 350 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rahikpur falls under Jokihat tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rahikpur is Kusiargaon, about 13 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rahikpur.

Rahikpur is about 10 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rahikpur is in Jokihat tehsil of Araria district. Jokihat is about 5.0 km away. Araria is about 10 km away. Arāria is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.