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About Bathani Village

Bathani is a small village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 190, made up of 91 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80 hectares hectares.

Bathani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bathani village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Sonhaula
Area (hectares) 80 hectares
Population 190
Male Population 91
Female Population 99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
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 Bathani compares

By the 2011 count Bathani is the 121st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 80 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Bathani

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

Bathani lies about 26 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 11 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 Bathani
Nearest railway station Ghogha 11 km
Nearest town Colgong 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonhaula 26 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 26 km

Villages closest to Bathani

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

Common questions about Bathani

As per the Census of India 2011, Bathani village had a population of 190. That makes it the 121st largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Bathani village has 91 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bathani has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 907.

Bathani covers 80 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bathani falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bathani is Ghogha, about 11 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 Bathani.

Bathani is about 26 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bathani is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ghogha is about 11 km away. Colgong is about 17 km away. Sonhaula is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kewanchak (under 2 km), Keshopur (under 2 km) and Madhepur (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bathani today is likely to be higher.

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