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About Indarwa Village

Indarwa is a mid sized village in Sikta tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 284 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 848307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Indarwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Indarwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Sikta
Pincode 848307
Area (hectares) 255 hectares
Population 534
Male Population 284
Female Population 250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Indarwa compares

By the 2011 count Indarwa is the 54th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents. Its 255 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, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Indarwa

Indarwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Indarwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Indarwa from other places

Indarwa lies about 19 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Narkatyaganj, about 7.3 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 Indarwa
Nearest railway station Narkatyaganj 7.3 km
Nearest town Narkatiāganj 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikta 17 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 19 km

Villages closest to Indarwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Indarwa village had a population of 534. That makes it the 54th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents.

Indarwa village has 284 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Indarwa has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Indarwa is 848307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Indarwa covers 255 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Indarwa falls under Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Indarwa is Narkatyaganj, about 7.3 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 village for Indarwa.

Indarwa is about 19 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Indarwa is in Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Narkatyaganj is about 7.3 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 7.5 km away. Sikta is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mujauna (under 2 km), Majharia (1.7 km) and Narkatia (5.3 km).

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

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