About Sahmalpur Village

Sahmalpur is a mid sized village in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,055, made up of 561 males and 494 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.19 hectares hectares.

How Sahmalpur compares

By the 2011 count Sahmalpur is the 68th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 17.19 hectares work out to about 61 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Sahmalpur

Sahmalpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sahmalpur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sahmalpur from other places

Sahmalpur lies about 17 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Kajra, about under 2 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.

Villages closest to Sahmalpur

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

• Basdeopur under 2 km
• Narotimpur under 2 km
• Bikrampur under 2 km
• Kaira under 2 km
• Maha under 2 km
• Mananpur under 2 km

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.