About Bangawan Village

Bangawan is a mid sized village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,469, made up of 748 males and 721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 382 hectares hectares.

Bangawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bangawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Area (hectares)	382 hectares
Population	1,469
Male Population	748
Female Population	721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
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 Bangawan compares

By the 2011 count Bangawan is the 72nd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 382 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Bangawan

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

Bangawan lies about 58 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Kusiargaon, about 6.3 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 Bangawan
Nearest railway station	Kusiargaon	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	13 km
Nearest town	Arāria	15 km
District headquarters	Katihar	58 km

Villages closest to Bangawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bangawan village had a population of 1,469. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Bangawan village has 748 males and 721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bangawan has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 921.

Bangawan covers 382 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bangawan falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bangawan is Kusiargaon, about 6.3 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 Bangawan.

Bangawan is about 58 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bangawan is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Kusiargaon is about 6.3 km away. Kadwa is about 13 km away. Arāria is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.