About Saruwa Village

Saruwa is one of the larger villages in Bausi tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,393, made up of 2,697 males and 2,696 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1455 hectares hectares.

Saruwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saruwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Bausi
Area (hectares)	1455 hectares
Population	5,393
Male Population	2,697
Female Population	2,696
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Saruwa compares

By the 2011 count Saruwa is the 11th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 1455 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Saruwa

Saruwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Saruwa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saruwa from other places

Saruwa lies about 15 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Mandar Hill, about 3.6 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 Saruwa
Nearest railway station	Mandar Hill	3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bausi	4.1 km
District headquarters	Banka	15 km
Nearest town	Bānka	15 km

Villages closest to Saruwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Saruwa village had a population of 5,393. That makes it the 11th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Saruwa village has 2,697 males and 2,696 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saruwa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 927.

Saruwa covers 1455 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Saruwa falls under Bausi tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Saruwa is Mandar Hill, about 3.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Saruwa.

Saruwa is about 15 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saruwa is in Bausi tehsil of Banka district. Mandar Hill is about 3.6 km away. Bausi is about 4.1 km away. Banka is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.