About Bhawanipur Village

Bhawanipur is a large village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,314, made up of 1,757 males and 1,557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165 hectares hectares.

Bhawanipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhawanipur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	165 hectares
Population	3,314
Male Population	1,757
Female Population	1,557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bhawanipur compares

By the 2011 count Bhawanipur is the 15th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 165 hectares work out to about 20 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 907.

Getting to Bhawanipur

Bhawanipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bhawanipur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bhawanipur from other places

Bhawanipur lies about 23 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Banikpur Halt, about under 2 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 Bhawanipur
Nearest railway station	Banikpur Halt	under 2 km
Nearest town	Naugachhia	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	23 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	23 km

Villages closest to Bhawanipur

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.

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Common questions about Bhawanipur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhawanipur village had a population of 3,314. That makes it the 15th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Bhawanipur village has 1,757 males and 1,557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhawanipur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Bhawanipur covers 165 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bhawanipur falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bhawanipur is Banikpur Halt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bhawanipur.

Bhawanipur 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.

Bhawanipur is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Banikpur Halt is about under 2 km away. Naugachhia is about 2.8 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.