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About Siri Chak Village

Siri Chak is a small village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 142 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 803 females per 1000 males. The village covers 189 hectares hectares.

Siri Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siri Chak village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhagalpur
Tehsil Sonhaula
Area (hectares) 189 hectares
Population 256
Male Population 142
Female Population 114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 803
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Siri Chak compares

By the 2011 count Siri Chak is the 115th 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 189 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Siri Chak

Siri Chak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Siri Chak as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Siri Chak from other places

Siri Chak lies about 23 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 12 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 Siri Chak
Nearest railway station Ghogha 12 km
Nearest town Purāini 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonhaula 23 km
District headquarters Bhagalpur 23 km

Villages closest to Siri Chak

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 Siri Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Siri Chak village had a population of 256. That makes it the 115th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Siri Chak village has 142 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siri Chak has about 803 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Siri Chak covers 189 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Siri Chak falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Siri Chak is Ghogha, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Siri Chak.

Siri Chak is about 23 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siri Chak is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ghogha is about 12 km away. Purāini is about 17 km away. Sonhaula is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tanakmas (under 2 km), Mangachak (under 2 km) and Bakhra (1.8 km).

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

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