About Bhikhampur Village

Bhikhampur is a large village in Chanpatia tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,982, made up of 1,602 males and 1,380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 693.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845452, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhikhampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhikhampur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Chanpatia
Pincode	845452
Area (hectares)	693.4 hectares
Population	2,982
Male Population	1,602
Female Population	1,380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhikhampur compares

By the 2011 count Bhikhampur is the 30th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents. Its 693.4 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Bhikhampur

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

Bhikhampur lies about 3.6 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Rameshwar Nagar, about 8.1 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 Bhikhampur
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Rameshwar Nagar	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanpatia	9.5 km

Villages closest to Bhikhampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhikhampur village had a population of 2,982. That makes it the 30th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,843 residents.

Bhikhampur village has 1,602 males and 1,380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhikhampur has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Bhikhampur is 845452. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhikhampur covers 693.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhikhampur falls under Chanpatia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bhikhampur is Rameshwar Nagar, about 8.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bhikhampur.

Bhikhampur is about 3.6 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhikhampur is in Chanpatia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Pashchim Champaran is about 3.6 km away. Rameshwar Nagar is about 8.1 km away. Chanpatia is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.