About Rajapur Village

Rajapur is one of the larger villages in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,196, made up of 2,746 males and 2,450 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.28 hectares hectares.

Rajapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajapur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Simri
Area (hectares)	491.28 hectares
Population	5,196
Male Population	2,746
Female Population	2,450
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
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 Rajapur compares

By the 2011 count Rajapur is the 9th 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 491.28 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Rajapur

Rajapur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rajapur 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 Rajapur from other places

Rajapur lies about 22 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Ballia, about 9.0 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 Rajapur
Tehsil headquarters	Simri	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Ballia	9.0 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	14 km
District headquarters	Buxar	22 km

Villages closest to Rajapur

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 Rajapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajapur village had a population of 5,196. That makes it the 9th 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.

Rajapur village has 2,746 males and 2,450 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajapur has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 923.

Rajapur covers 491.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rajapur falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rajapur is Ballia, about 9.0 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 Rajapur.

Rajapur is about 22 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajapur is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Simri is about 6.7 km away. Ballia is about 9.0 km away. Dumraon is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.