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About Durgapur Sohadi Village

Durgapur Sohadi is a mid sized village in Bahadurganj tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 528, made up of 272 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durgapur Sohadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durgapur Sohadi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kishanganj
Tehsil Bahadurganj
Pincode 855101
Area (hectares) 167 hectares
Population 528
Male Population 272
Female Population 256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
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 Durgapur Sohadi compares

By the 2011 count Durgapur Sohadi is the 78th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,128 residents. Its 167 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Durgapur Sohadi

Durgapur Sohadi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durgapur Sohadi 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 Durgapur Sohadi from other places

Durgapur Sohadi lies about 17 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Tauheed, about 16 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 Durgapur Sohadi
Tehsil headquarters Bahadurganj 7.8 km
Nearest town Bahādurganj 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Tauheed 16 km
District headquarters Kishanganj 17 km

Villages closest to Durgapur Sohadi

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

Common questions about Durgapur Sohadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Durgapur Sohadi village had a population of 528. That makes it the 78th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,128 residents.

Durgapur Sohadi village has 272 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durgapur Sohadi has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Durgapur Sohadi is 855101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durgapur Sohadi covers 167 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durgapur Sohadi falls under Bahadurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Durgapur Sohadi is Tauheed, about 16 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 Durgapur Sohadi.

Durgapur Sohadi is about 17 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durgapur Sohadi is in Bahadurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district. Bahadurganj is about 7.8 km away. Bahādurganj is about 7.8 km away. Tauheed is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Durgapur (under 2 km), Durgapur Bangaon (under 2 km) and Kurhaila (2.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Durgapur Sohadi today is likely to be higher.

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