About Dharm Bigha Village

Dharm Bigha is a mid sized village in Ekangarsarai tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,375, made up of 725 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares.

Dharm Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharm Bigha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Ekangarsarai
Area (hectares)	143 hectares
Population	1,375
Male Population	725
Female Population	650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
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 Dharm Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Dharm Bigha is the 43rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Dharm Bigha

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

Dharm Bigha lies about 22 km from Nalanda. 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 Dharm Bigha
Tehsil headquarters	Ekangarsarai	4.8 km
Nearest town	Hilsa	11 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	22 km

Villages closest to Dharm Bigha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ekangarsarai 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 Dharm Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharm Bigha village had a population of 1,375. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,899 residents.

Dharm Bigha village has 725 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharm Bigha has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 920.

Dharm Bigha covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dharm Bigha falls under Ekangarsarai tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The census record for Dharm Bigha notes the nearest railway station 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 Dharm Bigha.

Dharm Bigha is about 22 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharm Bigha is in Ekangarsarai tehsil of Nalanda district. Ekangarsarai is about 4.8 km away. Hilsa is about 11 km away. Nalanda is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.