About Teknewas Village

Teknewas is a mid sized village in Sidhwalia tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,970, made up of 1,001 males and 969 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.21 hectares hectares.

Teknewas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Teknewas village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Sidhwalia
Area (hectares)	119.21 hectares
Population	1,970
Male Population	1,001
Female Population	969
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Teknewas compares

By the 2011 count Teknewas is the 23rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,059 residents. Its 119.21 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Teknewas

Teknewas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Teknewas as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Teknewas from other places

Teknewas lies about 30 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Brij Kishor Halt, about 1.6 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 Teknewas
Nearest railway station	Brij Kishor Halt	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sidhwalia	2.2 km
Nearest town	Barauli	13 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	30 km

Villages closest to Teknewas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Teknewas village had a population of 1,970. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,059 residents.

Teknewas village has 1,001 males and 969 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Teknewas has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Teknewas covers 119.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Teknewas falls under Sidhwalia tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Teknewas is Brij Kishor Halt, about 1.6 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 village for Teknewas.

Teknewas is about 30 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Teknewas is in Sidhwalia tehsil of Gopalganj district. Brij Kishor Halt is about 1.6 km away. Sidhwalia is about 2.2 km away. Barauli is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.