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About Pakri Village

Pakri is a mid sized village in Bhitaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 797, made up of 420 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pakri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakri village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Bhitaha
Pincode 845104
Area (hectares) 376 hectares
Population 797
Male Population 420
Female Population 377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
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 Pakri compares

By the 2011 count Pakri is the 11th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,153 residents. Its 376 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 845.

Getting to Pakri

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

Pakri lies about 20 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Dudahi, about 20 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 Pakri
Tehsil headquarters Bhitaha 9.4 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 20 km
Nearest railway station Dudahi 20 km
Nearest town Bagaha 25 km

Villages closest to Pakri

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

Common questions about Pakri

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakri village had a population of 797. That makes it the 11th largest of the 21 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,153 residents.

Pakri village has 420 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakri has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is well above the tehsil average of 845.

The pincode recorded for Pakri is 845104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pakri covers 376 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pakri falls under Bhitaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pakri is Dudahi, about 20 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 Pakri.

Pakri is about 20 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pakri is in Bhitaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Bhitaha is about 9.4 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 20 km away. Dudahi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tola Diho Pakri (under 2 km), Charamraha (under 2 km) and Kaubar (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Pakri today is likely to be higher.

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