About Sahanpur Village

Sahanpur is a mid sized village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,682, made up of 887 males and 795 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.41 hectares hectares.

Sahanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Area (hectares)	168.41 hectares
Population	1,682
Male Population	887
Female Population	795
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Sahanpur compares

By the 2011 count Sahanpur is the 63rd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 168.41 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Sahanpur

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

Sahanpur lies about 88 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Gogipothia Halt, about 18 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 Sahanpur
Nearest town	Shahbazpur	16 km
Nearest railway station	Gogipothia Halt	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	21 km
District headquarters	Katihar	88 km

Villages closest to Sahanpur

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 Sahanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahanpur village had a population of 1,682. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Sahanpur village has 887 males and 795 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahanpur has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Sahanpur covers 168.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sahanpur falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sahanpur is Gogipothia Halt, about 18 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 Sahanpur.

Sahanpur is about 88 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sahanpur is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Shahbazpur is about 16 km away. Gogipothia Halt is about 18 km away. Kadwa is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.