About Pakri Village

Pakri is a mid sized village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,645, made up of 880 males and 765 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288 hectares hectares.

Pakri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Tehsil	Shahpur
Area (hectares)	288 hectares
Population	1,645
Male Population	880
Female Population	765
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pakri compares

By the 2011 count Pakri is the 42nd largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,302 residents. Its 288 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 896.

Getting to Pakri

Pakri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pakri as Available within 5 - 10 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 Pakri from other places

Pakri lies about 130 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Biraul, about 17 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 Pakri
Nearest railway station	Biraul	17 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahpur	20 km
District headquarters	Bhojpur	130 km

Villages closest to Pakri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakri village had a population of 1,645. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,302 residents.

Pakri village has 880 males and 765 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakri has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 896.

Pakri covers 288 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pakri falls under Shahpur tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pakri is Biraul, about 17 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Pakri.

Pakri is about 130 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pakri is in Shahpur tehsil of Bhojpur district. Biraul is about 17 km away. Bangaon is about 19 km away. Shahpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.