About Sihar Village

Sihar is a mid sized village in Garhani tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,091, made up of 577 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Sihar compares

By the 2011 count Sihar is the 34th largest of the 48 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,151 residents. Its 201 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 915.

Getting to Sihar

Sihar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sihar as Available within 5 - 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sihar from other places

Sihar lies about 21 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Tauheed, about 19 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.

Villages closest to Sihar

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

• Gaura 9.2 km
• Baligaon 12 km
• Pathar 13 km
• Dularpur 13 km
• Mandura 13 km
• Bardiha 16 km

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.