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About Samhar Village

Samhar is a mid sized village in Dumraon tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 975, made up of 534 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164.2 hectares hectares.

Samhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samhar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Buxar
Tehsil Dumraon
Area (hectares) 164.2 hectares
Population 975
Male Population 534
Female Population 441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 826
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Samhar compares

By the 2011 count Samhar is the 40th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents. Its 164.2 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Samhar

The census records public bus service for Samhar as Available within <5 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 Samhar from other places

Samhar lies about 14 km from Buxar. 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 Samhar
Tehsil headquarters Dumraon 3.5 km
District headquarters Buxar 14 km

Villages closest to Samhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Samhar village had a population of 975. That makes it the 40th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents.

Samhar village has 534 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samhar has about 826 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

Samhar covers 164.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samhar falls under Dumraon tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The census record for Samhar notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

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

Samhar is about 14 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samhar is in Dumraon tehsil of Buxar district. Dumraon is about 3.5 km away. Buxar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Naudiha (under 2 km), Hata (under 2 km) and Bankat (under 2 km).

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

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