About Saira Village

Saira is a small village in Nagar Nausa tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 466, made up of 268 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 739 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30 hectares hectares.

Saira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saira village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Nagar Nausa
Area (hectares)	30 hectares
Population	466
Male Population	268
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	739
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Saira compares

By the 2011 count Saira is the 41st largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 30 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Saira

Saira is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Saira 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Saira from other places

Saira lies about 18 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Rukhai Halt, about 6.0 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 Saira
Tehsil headquarters	Nagar Nausa	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Rukhai Halt	6.0 km
Nearest town	Hilsa	14 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	18 km

Villages closest to Saira

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagar Nausa 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 Saira

As per the Census of India 2011, Saira village had a population of 466. That makes it the 41st largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Saira village has 268 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saira has about 739 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Saira covers 30 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Saira falls under Nagar Nausa tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Saira is Rukhai Halt, about 6.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Saira.

Saira is about 18 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Saira is in Nagar Nausa tehsil of Nalanda district. Nagar Nausa is about 5.2 km away. Rukhai Halt is about 6.0 km away. Hilsa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.