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About Agathan Village

Agathan is a mid sized village in Gangapur tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 836, made up of 441 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519.26 hectares hectares.

Agathan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agathan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Gangapur
Area (hectares) 519.26 hectares
Population 836
Male Population 441
Female Population 395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Agathan compares

By the 2011 count Agathan is the 118th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents. Its 519.26 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Agathan

Agathan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Agathan as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Abdulpur, Agar Kanadgaon, Ager Wadgaon and Akoli Wadgaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Agathan

As per the Census of India 2011, Agathan village had a population of 836. That makes it the 118th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,228 residents.

Agathan village has 441 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agathan has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Agathan covers 519.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Agathan falls under Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The census record for Agathan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Agathan.

Agathan is in Gangapur tehsil of Aurangabad district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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