About Singhaul Village

Singhaul is a large village in Sarmera tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,261, made up of 2,192 males and 2,069 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283 hectares hectares.

Singhaul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singhaul village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Sarmera
Area (hectares)	283 hectares
Population	4,261
Male Population	2,192
Female Population	2,069
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
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 Singhaul compares

By the 2011 count Singhaul is the 9th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,537 residents. Its 283 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Singhaul

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

Singhaul lies about 40 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 5.4 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 Singhaul
Tehsil headquarters	Sarmera	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Sarsa Jamalpur	5.4 km
Nearest town	Bar Bigha	8.3 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	40 km

Villages closest to Singhaul

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 Singhaul

As per the Census of India 2011, Singhaul village had a population of 4,261. That makes it the 9th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,537 residents.

Singhaul village has 2,192 males and 2,069 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singhaul has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Singhaul covers 283 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Singhaul falls under Sarmera tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Singhaul is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 5.4 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 Singhaul.

Singhaul is about 40 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singhaul is in Sarmera tehsil of Nalanda district. Sarmera is about 4.0 km away. Sarsa Jamalpur is about 5.4 km away. Bar Bigha is about 8.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.