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About Bhatwalia Village

Bhatwalia is a mid sized village in Jogapatti tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 328 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845452, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhatwalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhatwalia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Jogapatti
Pincode 845452
Area (hectares) 175.8 hectares
Population 616
Male Population 328
Female Population 288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhatwalia compares

By the 2011 count Bhatwalia is the 83rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents. Its 175.8 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Bhatwalia

Bhatwalia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bhatwalia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bhatwalia from other places

Bhatwalia lies about 17 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kumarbagh, about 18 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 Bhatwalia
Tehsil headquarters Jogapatti under 2 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 17 km
Nearest railway station Kumarbagh 18 km
Nearest town Bettiah 19 km

Villages closest to Bhatwalia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhatwalia village had a population of 616. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents.

Bhatwalia village has 328 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhatwalia has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

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

Bhatwalia covers 175.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhatwalia falls under Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bhatwalia is Kumarbagh, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Bhatwalia.

Bhatwalia is about 17 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhatwalia is in Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Jogapatti is about under 2 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 17 km away. Kumarbagh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hathia Khap (under 2 km), Arazi Nankar (under 2 km) and Laukaria Jogapatti (under 2 km).

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

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