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About Pakri Village

Pakri is a small village in Lauriya tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 70 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.2 hectares hectares.

Pakri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakri village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Lauriya
Area (hectares) 97.2 hectares
Population 126
Male Population 70
Female Population 56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
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 Pakri compares

By the 2011 count Pakri is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents. Its 97.2 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

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 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 6.4 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Sathi, about 11 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 Lauriya under 2 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 6.4 km
Nearest railway station Sathi 11 km
Nearest town Narkatiāganj 14 km

Villages closest to Pakri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lauriya 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 126. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,534 residents.

Pakri village has 70 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakri has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 909.

Pakri covers 97.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pakri is Sathi, about 11 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 Pakri.

Pakri is about 6.4 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 Lauriya tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Lauriya is about under 2 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 6.4 km away. Sathi is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pararawan (under 2 km), Lauria (under 2 km) and Marahia (under 2 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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