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About Singhia Village

Singhia is a mid sized village in Amdabad tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,282, made up of 626 males and 656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178 hectares hectares.

Singhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singhia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Amdabad
Area (hectares) 178 hectares
Population 1,282
Male Population 626
Female Population 656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
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 Singhia compares

By the 2011 count Singhia is the 33rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,008 residents. Its 178 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Singhia

Singhia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Singhia 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 Singhia from other places

Singhia lies about 6.9 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Kuretha, about 2.8 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 Singhia
Nearest railway station Kuretha 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Amdabad 6.9 km
District headquarters Katihar 6.9 km

Villages closest to Singhia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Singhia village had a population of 1,282. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,008 residents.

Singhia village has 626 males and 656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singhia has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Singhia covers 178 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Singhia falls under Amdabad tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Singhia is Kuretha, about 2.8 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 Singhia.

Singhia is about 6.9 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singhia is in Amdabad tehsil of Katihar district. Kuretha is about 2.8 km away. Amdabad is about 6.9 km away. Katihar is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gobindpur (2.8 km), Jafarganj (2.8 km) and Paranpur (3.0 km).

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

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