About Bangawan Village

Bangawan is a mid sized village in Palasi tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 262 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226 hectares hectares.

Bangawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bangawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Palasi
Area (hectares)	226 hectares
Population	533
Male Population	262
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
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 Bangawan compares

By the 2011 count Bangawan is the 85th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,377 residents. Its 226 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Bangawan

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

Bangawan lies about 21 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 28 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 Bangawan
Tehsil headquarters	Palasi	9.8 km
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	21 km
District headquarters	Araria	21 km
Nearest railway station	Araria Court	28 km

Villages closest to Bangawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bangawan village had a population of 533. That makes it the 85th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,377 residents.

Bangawan village has 262 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bangawan has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Bangawan covers 226 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bangawan falls under Palasi tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bangawan is Araria Court, about 28 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 Bangawan.

Bangawan is about 21 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bangawan is in Palasi tehsil of Araria district. Palasi is about 9.8 km away. Bahādurganj is about 21 km away. Araria is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.