About Sawanaha Village

Sawanaha is a small village in Katiya tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 292, made up of 123 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,374 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares.

Sawanaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sawanaha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Katiya
Area (hectares)	96 hectares
Population	292
Male Population	123
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,374
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 Sawanaha compares

By the 2011 count Sawanaha is the 88th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1114.

Getting to Sawanaha

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

Sawanaha lies about 34 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Panchdeori Halt, about 6.7 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 Sawanaha
Nearest town	Kataiya	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Panchdeori Halt	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katiya	34 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	34 km

Villages closest to Sawanaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sawanaha village had a population of 292. That makes it the 88th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents.

Sawanaha village has 123 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sawanaha has about 1374 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1114.

Sawanaha covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sawanaha falls under Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sawanaha is Panchdeori Halt, about 6.7 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 Sawanaha.

Sawanaha is about 34 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sawanaha is in Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district. Kataiya is about 3.9 km away. Panchdeori Halt is about 6.7 km away. Katiya is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.