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About Himatnagar Village

Himatnagar is a large village in Kochadhamin tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,716, made up of 2,436 males and 2,280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315.72 hectares hectares.

Himatnagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Himatnagar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kishanganj
Tehsil Kochadhamin
Area (hectares) 315.72 hectares
Population 4,716
Male Population 2,436
Female Population 2,280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 936
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 Himatnagar compares

By the 2011 count Himatnagar is the 10th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents. Its 315.72 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Himatnagar

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

Himatnagar lies about 13 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 11 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 Himatnagar
Tehsil headquarters Kochadhamin 6.5 km
Nearest railway station Hatwar 11 km
District headquarters Kishanganj 13 km

Villages closest to Himatnagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Himatnagar village had a population of 4,716. That makes it the 10th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,069 residents.

Himatnagar village has 2,436 males and 2,280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Himatnagar has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Himatnagar covers 315.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Himatnagar falls under Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Himatnagar is Hatwar, about 11 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 Himatnagar.

Himatnagar is about 13 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Himatnagar is in Kochadhamin tehsil of Kishanganj district. Kochadhamin is about 6.5 km away. Hatwar is about 11 km away. Kishanganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipla (under 2 km), Naranga (under 2 km) and Harkhuguria (1.8 km).

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

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