About Siwan Village

Siwan is a large village in Rajgir tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,380, made up of 1,280 males and 1,100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares.

Siwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siwan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Rajgir
Area (hectares)	130 hectares
Population	2,380
Male Population	1,280
Female Population	1,100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Siwan compares

By the 2011 count Siwan is the 13th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,808 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 18 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 926.

Getting to Siwan

Siwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Siwan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Siwan from other places

Siwan lies about 17 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Karahdih, 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.

Distances from Siwan
Nearest railway station	Karahdih	under 2 km
Nearest town	Silao	1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgir	4.8 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	17 km

Villages closest to Siwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siwan village had a population of 2,380. That makes it the 13th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,808 residents.

Siwan village has 1,280 males and 1,100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siwan has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Siwan covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Siwan falls under Rajgir tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Siwan is Karahdih, about under 2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Siwan.

Siwan is about 17 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siwan is in Rajgir tehsil of Nalanda district. Karahdih is about under 2 km away. Silao is about 1.5 km away. Rajgir is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.