About Tilas Village

Tilas is a mid sized village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,826, made up of 990 males and 836 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.6 hectares hectares.

Tilas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilas village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	194.6 hectares
Population	1,826
Male Population	990
Female Population	836
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	844
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Tilas compares

By the 2011 count Tilas is the 56th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 194.6 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Tilas

Tilas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Tilas 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tilas from other places

Tilas lies about 15 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Sonaili, about 3.1 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 Tilas
Nearest railway station	Sonaili	3.1 km
District headquarters	Katihar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	16 km

Villages closest to Tilas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilas village had a population of 1,826. That makes it the 56th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Tilas village has 990 males and 836 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilas has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Tilas covers 194.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Tilas falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Tilas is Sonaili, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Tilas.

Tilas is about 15 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tilas is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Sonaili is about 3.1 km away. Katihar is about 15 km away. Azamnagar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.