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About Pakri Kalan Village

Pakri Kalan is a mid sized village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 810, made up of 434 males and 376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.3 hectares hectares.

Pakri Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakri Kalan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Gaunaha
Area (hectares) 132.3 hectares
Population 810
Male Population 434
Female Population 376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pakri Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Pakri Kalan is the 83rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 132.3 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Pakri Kalan

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

Pakri Kalan lies about 31 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 5.5 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 Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Gaunaha 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Bhitiharwa Ashram 5.5 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 15 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 31 km

Villages closest to Pakri Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakri Kalan village had a population of 810. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Pakri Kalan village has 434 males and 376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakri Kalan has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Pakri Kalan covers 132.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pakri Kalan falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pakri Kalan is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 5.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pakri Kalan.

Pakri Kalan is about 31 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 Kalan is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gaunaha is about 3.7 km away. Bhitiharwa Ashram is about 5.5 km away. Rāmnagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pakri Khurd (under 2 km), Tahkaul (under 2 km) and Belsandi (under 2 km).

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

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