About Semra Village

Semra is one of the larger villages in Chiraia tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 14,041, made up of 7,513 males and 6,528 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 951 hectares hectares.

Semra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Semra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Chiraia
Area (hectares)	951 hectares
Population	14,041
Male Population	7,513
Female Population	6,528
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
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 Semra compares

By the 2011 count Semra is the 6th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 6,751 residents. Its 951 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Semra

Semra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Semra 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 Semra from other places

Semra lies about 11 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 2.5 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 Semra
Nearest railway station	Jiwdhara	2.5 km
Nearest town	Mothīhāri	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chiraia	11 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	11 km

Villages closest to Semra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Semra village had a population of 14,041. That makes it the 6th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,751 residents.

Semra village has 7,513 males and 6,528 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Semra has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Semra covers 951 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Semra falls under Chiraia tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Semra is Jiwdhara, about 2.5 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 Semra.

Semra is about 11 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Semra is in Chiraia tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Jiwdhara is about 2.5 km away. Mothīhāri is about 9.6 km away. Chiraia is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.