About Sahiyar Village

Sahiyar is a large village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,978, made up of 2,613 males and 2,365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82 hectares hectares.

Sahiyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahiyar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Simri
Area (hectares)	82 hectares
Population	4,978
Male Population	2,613
Female Population	2,365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sahiyar compares

By the 2011 count Sahiyar is the 10th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 82 hectares work out to about 61 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Sahiyar

Sahiyar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sahiyar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sahiyar from other places

Sahiyar lies about 20 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Dumraon, about 9.9 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 Sahiyar
Tehsil headquarters	Simri	4.2 km
Nearest railway station	Dumraon	9.9 km
District headquarters	Buxar	20 km

Villages closest to Sahiyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahiyar village had a population of 4,978. That makes it the 10th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Sahiyar village has 2,613 males and 2,365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahiyar has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Sahiyar covers 82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 61 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sahiyar falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sahiyar is Dumraon, about 9.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sahiyar.

Sahiyar is about 20 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahiyar is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Simri is about 4.2 km away. Dumraon is about 9.9 km away. Buxar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.