About Orwar Village

Orwar is a mid sized village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 839, made up of 452 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167 hectares hectares.

Orwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orwar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Area (hectares)	167 hectares
Population	839
Male Population	452
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Orwar compares

By the 2011 count Orwar is the 83rd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 167 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 925.

Getting to Orwar

Orwar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Orwar as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orwar from other places

Orwar lies about 32 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 23 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 Orwar
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Chausa	23 km
Nearest town	Nokha	28 km
District headquarters	Buxar	32 km

Villages closest to Orwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Orwar village had a population of 839. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Orwar village has 452 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orwar has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Orwar covers 167 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Orwar falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Orwar is Chausa, about 23 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Orwar.

Orwar is about 32 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orwar is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Rajpur is about 12 km away. Chausa is about 23 km away. Nokha is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.