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About Sobhekhap Village

Sobhekhap is a mid sized village in Barun tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,376, made up of 726 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 353 hectares hectares.

Sobhekhap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sobhekhap village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Barun
Area (hectares) 353 hectares
Population 1,376
Male Population 726
Female Population 650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Sobhekhap compares

By the 2011 count Sobhekhap is the 45th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,091 residents. Its 353 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Sobhekhap

Sobhekhap is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sobhekhap 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sobhekhap from other places

Sobhekhap lies about 22 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Bagahabishunpur, about 3.8 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 Sobhekhap
Nearest railway station Bagahabishunpur 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Barun 5.7 km
Nearest town Madhurampur Dehri 16 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 22 km

Villages closest to Sobhekhap

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

Common questions about Sobhekhap

As per the Census of India 2011, Sobhekhap village had a population of 1,376. That makes it the 45th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,091 residents.

Sobhekhap village has 726 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sobhekhap has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 924.

Sobhekhap covers 353 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sobhekhap falls under Barun tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sobhekhap is Bagahabishunpur, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 Sobhekhap.

Sobhekhap is about 22 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sobhekhap is in Barun tehsil of Aurangabad district. Bagahabishunpur is about 3.8 km away. Barun is about 5.7 km away. Madhurampur Dehri is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakhaipur (1.7 km), Sahaspur (1.8 km) and Amba (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sobhekhap today is likely to be higher.

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