About Sarayan Village

Sarayan is a small village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 483, made up of 250 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarayan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Pincode	802128
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	483
Male Population	250
Female Population	233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarayan compares

By the 2011 count Sarayan is the 112th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Sarayan

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

How far is Sarayan from other places

Sarayan lies about 33 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Garhnokha, about 25 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 Sarayan
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	15 km
Nearest town	Nokha	24 km
Nearest railway station	Garhnokha	25 km
District headquarters	Buxar	33 km

Villages closest to Sarayan

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 Sarayan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarayan village had a population of 483. That makes it the 112th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Sarayan village has 250 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarayan has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Sarayan is 802128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarayan covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sarayan falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sarayan is Garhnokha, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sarayan.

Sarayan is about 33 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarayan is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Rajpur is about 15 km away. Nokha is about 24 km away. Garhnokha is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.