About Pakri Village

Pakri is a large village in Kursakatta tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,459, made up of 1,882 males and 1,577 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 838 females per 1000 males. The village covers 612 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pakri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Kursakatta
Pincode	854331
Area (hectares)	612 hectares
Population	3,459
Male Population	1,882
Female Population	1,577
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	838
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 Pakri compares

By the 2011 count Pakri is the 13th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,234 residents. Its 612 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 917.

Getting to Pakri

Pakri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pakri 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 Pakri from other places

Pakri lies about 12 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 19 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 Pakri
Tehsil headquarters	Kursakatta	12 km
District headquarters	Araria	12 km
Nearest town	Arāria	12 km
Nearest railway station	Araria Court	19 km

Villages closest to Pakri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakri village had a population of 3,459. That makes it the 13th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,234 residents.

Pakri village has 1,882 males and 1,577 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakri has about 838 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Pakri is 854331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pakri covers 612 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pakri falls under Kursakatta tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pakri is Araria Court, about 19 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 Pakri.

Pakri is about 12 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pakri is in Kursakatta tehsil of Araria district. Kursakatta is about 12 km away. Araria is about 12 km away. Arāria is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.