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About Semri Village

Semri is one of the larger villages in Bankatwa tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,017, made up of 2,692 males and 2,325 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Semri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Semri village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Bankatwa
Pincode 845303
Area (hectares) 435.1 hectares
Population 5,017
Male Population 2,692
Female Population 2,325
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Semri compares

By the 2011 count Semri is the 6th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,843 residents. Its 435.1 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Semri

The census records public bus service for Semri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Semri from other places

Semri lies about 52 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Sathi, about under 2 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 Semri
Nearest railway station Sathi under 2 km
Nearest town Chanpatia 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bankatwa 9.7 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 52 km

Villages closest to Semri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Semri village had a population of 5,017. That makes it the 6th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,843 residents.

Semri village has 2,692 males and 2,325 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Semri has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

The pincode recorded for Semri is 845303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Semri covers 435.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Semri falls under Bankatwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Semri is Sathi, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Semri.

Semri is about 52 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Semri is in Bankatwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Sathi is about under 2 km away. Chanpatia is about 8.7 km away. Bankatwa is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bijbani (6.0 km), Bankatwa (9.7 km) and Mathia Bhopat (11 km).

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

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