About Athan Village

Athan is a mid sized village in Adhaura tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,301, made up of 672 males and 629 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 673 hectares hectares.

Athan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Athan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kaimur
Tehsil	Adhaura
Area (hectares)	673 hectares
Population	1,301
Male Population	672
Female Population	629
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Athan compares

By the 2011 count Athan is the 9th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 531 residents. Its 673 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Athan

Athan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Athan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Athan from other places

Athan lies about 13 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Bihiya, about 8.1 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 Athan
Nearest town	Jagdīspur	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Bihiya	8.1 km
District headquarters	Kaimur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Adhaura	33 km

Villages closest to Athan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Athan village had a population of 1,301. That makes it the 9th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 531 residents.

Athan village has 672 males and 629 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Athan has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Athan covers 673 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Athan falls under Adhaura tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Athan is Bihiya, about 8.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Athan.

Athan is about 13 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Athan is in Adhaura tehsil of Kaimur district. Jagdīspur is about 2.7 km away. Bihiya is about 8.1 km away. Kaimur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.