About Sarkanda Village

Sarkanda is a small village in Pirpainti tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 69 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares.

Sarkanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarkanda village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Pirpainti
Area (hectares)	76 hectares
Population	127
Male Population	69
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarkanda compares

By the 2011 count Sarkanda is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 876.

Getting to Sarkanda

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

Sarkanda lies about 46 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ammapali, about 6.3 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 Sarkanda
Nearest railway station	Ammapali	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pirpainti	11 km
Nearest town	Colgong	20 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	46 km

Villages closest to Sarkanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarkanda village had a population of 127. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,129 residents.

Sarkanda village has 69 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarkanda has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 876.

Sarkanda covers 76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sarkanda falls under Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sarkanda is Ammapali, about 6.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sarkanda.

Sarkanda is about 46 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarkanda is in Pirpainti tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ammapali is about 6.3 km away. Pirpainti is about 11 km away. Colgong is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.