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About Nankar Village

Nankar is a small village in Gora Bauram tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 160 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100 hectares hectares.

Nankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Nankar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Tehsil Gora Bauram
Area (hectares) 100 hectares
Population 300
Male Population 160
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Nankar compares

By the 2011 count Nankar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,372 residents. Its 100 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 920.

Getting to Nankar

The census records public bus service for Nankar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Nankar from other places

Nankar lies about 37 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Lohna Road, about 14 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 Nankar
Nearest town Benipur 13 km
Nearest railway station Lohna Road 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Gora Bauram 16 km
District headquarters Darbhanga 37 km

Villages closest to Nankar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gora Bauram 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 Nankar

As per the Census of India 2011, Nankar village had a population of 300. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,372 residents.

Nankar village has 160 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Nankar has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Nankar covers 100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Nankar falls under Gora Bauram tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Nankar is Lohna Road, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Nankar.

Nankar is about 37 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Nankar is in Gora Bauram tehsil of Darbhanga district. Benipur is about 13 km away. Lohna Road is about 14 km away. Gora Bauram is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Magura (6.8 km), Kasraund (8.5 km) and Basuli (9.1 km).

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

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