About Aphrail Village

Aphrail is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,628, made up of 872 males and 756 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.24 hectares hectares.

Aphrail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Aphrail village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Balrampur
Area (hectares)	102.24 hectares
Population	1,628
Male Population	872
Female Population	756
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Aphrail compares

By the 2011 count Aphrail is the 30th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents. Its 102.24 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Aphrail

Aphrail is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Aphrail 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Aphrail from other places

Aphrail lies about 38 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Sudhani, about 4.2 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 Aphrail
Nearest railway station	Sudhani	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balrampur	9.0 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	32 km
District headquarters	Katihar	38 km

Villages closest to Aphrail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Aphrail village had a population of 1,628. That makes it the 30th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents.

Aphrail village has 872 males and 756 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Aphrail has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 946.

Aphrail covers 102.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Aphrail falls under Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Aphrail is Sudhani, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Aphrail.

Aphrail is about 38 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Aphrail is in Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district. Sudhani is about 4.2 km away. Balrampur is about 9.0 km away. Rāiganj is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.