About Misia Village

Misia is a mid sized village in Sarmera tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,523, made up of 832 males and 691 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares.

Misia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Misia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Sarmera
Area (hectares)	162 hectares
Population	1,523
Male Population	832
Female Population	691
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
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 Misia compares

By the 2011 count Misia is the 18th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,537 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Misia

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

Misia lies about 41 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 11 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 Misia
Tehsil headquarters	Sarmera	3.1 km
Nearest town	Bar Bigha	11 km
Nearest railway station	Sarsa Jamalpur	11 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	41 km

Villages closest to Misia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Misia village had a population of 1,523. That makes it the 18th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,537 residents.

Misia village has 832 males and 691 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Misia has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Misia covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Misia falls under Sarmera tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Misia is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Misia.

Misia is about 41 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Misia is in Sarmera tehsil of Nalanda district. Sarmera is about 3.1 km away. Bar Bigha is about 11 km away. Sarsa Jamalpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.