About Madarsa Village

Madarsa is a mid sized village in Sameli tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,370, made up of 695 males and 675 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 469.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madarsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madarsa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Sameli
Pincode	854101
Area (hectares)	469.02 hectares
Population	1,370
Male Population	695
Female Population	675
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madarsa compares

By the 2011 count Madarsa is the 14th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents. Its 469.02 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 905.

Getting to Madarsa

Madarsa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Madarsa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Madarsa from other places

Madarsa lies about 27 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Bakhri, about 8.7 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 Madarsa
Nearest railway station	Bakhri	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sameli	27 km
District headquarters	Katihar	27 km

Villages closest to Madarsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madarsa village had a population of 1,370. That makes it the 14th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents.

Madarsa village has 695 males and 675 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madarsa has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 905.

The pincode recorded for Madarsa is 854101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madarsa covers 469.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madarsa falls under Sameli tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Madarsa is Bakhri, about 8.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Madarsa.

Madarsa is about 27 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madarsa is in Sameli tehsil of Katihar district. Bakhri is about 8.7 km away. Sameli is about 27 km away. Katihar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.