About Auraiya Village

Auraiya is a small village in Kharagpur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 210 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 81 hectares hectares.

Auraiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Auraiya village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Kharagpur
Area (hectares)	81 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	210
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
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 Auraiya compares

By the 2011 count Auraiya is the 75th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents. Its 81 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Auraiya

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

Auraiya lies about 33 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Dasharathpur, about 21 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 Auraiya
Tehsil headquarters	Kharagpur	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Dasharathpur	21 km
District headquarters	Munger	33 km

Villages closest to Auraiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Auraiya village had a population of 392. That makes it the 75th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,948 residents.

Auraiya village has 210 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Auraiya has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Auraiya covers 81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Auraiya falls under Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Auraiya is Dasharathpur, about 21 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 Auraiya.

Auraiya is about 33 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Auraiya is in Kharagpur tehsil of Munger district. Kharagpur is about 7.7 km away. Dasharathpur is about 21 km away. Munger is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.