About Rajaur Village

Rajaur is a small village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 193 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares.

Rajaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajaur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	91 hectares
Population	363
Male Population	193
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajaur compares

By the 2011 count Rajaur is the 129th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 91 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 912.

Getting to Rajaur

Rajaur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rajaur as Available within 5 - 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 Rajaur from other places

Rajaur lies about 21 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 8.1 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 Rajaur
Nearest railway station	Godda	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	21 km
District headquarters	Banka	21 km

Villages closest to Rajaur

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 Rajaur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajaur village had a population of 363. That makes it the 129th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Rajaur village has 193 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajaur has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Rajaur covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rajaur falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rajaur is Godda, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance for Rajaur.

Rajaur is about 21 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajaur is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Godda is about 8.1 km away. Dhuraiya is about 21 km away. Banka is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.