About Loharia Village

Loharia is a small village in Barahat tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 38, made up of 20 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41 hectares hectares.

Loharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Barahat
Area (hectares)	41 hectares
Population	38
Male Population	20
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
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 Loharia compares

By the 2011 count Loharia is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents. Its 41 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Loharia

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

Loharia lies about 9.7 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about under 2 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 Loharia
Nearest railway station	Barahat Junction	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barahat	4.5 km
District headquarters	Banka	9.7 km
Nearest town	Bānka	9.7 km

Villages closest to Loharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loharia village had a population of 38. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents.

Loharia village has 20 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loharia has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Loharia covers 41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Loharia falls under Barahat tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Loharia is Barahat Junction, about under 2 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 Loharia.

Loharia is about 9.7 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loharia is in Barahat tehsil of Banka district. Barahat Junction is about under 2 km away. Barahat is about 4.5 km away. Banka is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.