About Sakhwa Village

Sakhwa is a mid sized village in Areraj tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,095, made up of 568 males and 527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 803.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845425, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakhwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakhwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Areraj
Pincode	845425
Area (hectares)	803.3 hectares
Population	1,095
Male Population	568
Female Population	527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sakhwa compares

By the 2011 count Sakhwa is the 33rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,380 residents. Its 803.3 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Sakhwa

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

Sakhwa lies about 30 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Manjhagarh, 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 Sakhwa
Nearest railway station	Manjhagarh	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Areraj	13 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	30 km

Villages closest to Sakhwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakhwa village had a population of 1,095. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,380 residents.

Sakhwa village has 568 males and 527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakhwa has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 887.

The pincode recorded for Sakhwa is 845425. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakhwa covers 803.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sakhwa falls under Areraj tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sakhwa is Manjhagarh, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sakhwa.

Sakhwa is about 30 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakhwa is in Areraj tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Manjhagarh is about 11 km away. Areraj is about 13 km away. Purba Champaran is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.