About Patharia Village

Patharia is one of the larger villages in Thakurganj tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,954, made up of 3,069 males and 2,885 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1299.59 hectares hectares.

Patharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Thakurganj
Area (hectares)	1299.59 hectares
Population	5,954
Male Population	3,069
Female Population	2,885
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
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 Patharia compares

By the 2011 count Patharia is the 8th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents. Its 1299.59 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Patharia

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

Patharia lies about 13 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Panjipara, about 13 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 Patharia
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	11 km
Nearest railway station	Panjipara	13 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thakurganj	32 km

Villages closest to Patharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Patharia village had a population of 5,954. That makes it the 8th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,363 residents.

Patharia village has 3,069 males and 2,885 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patharia has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Patharia covers 1299.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patharia falls under Thakurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Patharia is Panjipara, about 13 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 Patharia.

Patharia 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.

Patharia is in Thakurganj tehsil of Kishanganj district. Bahādurganj is about 11 km away. Panjipara is about 13 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.