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About Andhri Village

Andhri is a large village in Darbhanga tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,953, made up of 2,652 males and 2,301 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272 hectares hectares.

Andhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Andhri village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Tehsil Darbhanga
Area (hectares) 272 hectares
Population 4,953
Male Population 2,652
Female Population 2,301
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Andhri compares

By the 2011 count Andhri is the 14th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,623 residents. Its 272 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Andhri

Andhri 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 Andhri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Andhri from other places

Andhri lies about 15 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt, about 3.0 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 Andhri
Nearest railway station Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Darbhanga 15 km

Villages closest to Andhri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Andhri village had a population of 4,953. That makes it the 14th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,623 residents.

Andhri village has 2,652 males and 2,301 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Andhri has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 894.

Andhri covers 272 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Andhri falls under Darbhanga tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Andhri is Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Andhri.

Andhri is about 15 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Andhri is in Darbhanga tehsil of Darbhanga district. Shaheed Suraj Narayan Singh Halt is about 3.0 km away. Darbhanga is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Brahmotar Az Rakbe Dularpur (under 2 km), Dularpur (under 2 km) and Ruchaul (under 2 km).

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

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