About Pair Village

Pair is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,621, made up of 863 males and 758 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares.

Pair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pair village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	79 hectares
Population	1,621
Male Population	863
Female Population	758
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
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 Pair compares

By the 2011 count Pair is the 47th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Pair

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

Pair lies about 22 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 9.4 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 Pair
Nearest railway station	Godda	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	22 km
District headquarters	Banka	22 km

Villages closest to Pair

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pair village had a population of 1,621. That makes it the 47th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Pair village has 863 males and 758 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pair has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Pair covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Pair falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pair is Godda, about 9.4 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 Pair.

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

Pair is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Godda is about 9.4 km away. Dhuraiya is about 22 km away. Banka is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.