About Sham Bakhri Village

Sham Bakhri is a mid sized village in Dhaka tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,469, made up of 769 males and 700 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sham Bakhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sham Bakhri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Dhaka
Pincode	845418
Area (hectares)	63 hectares
Population	1,469
Male Population	769
Female Population	700
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sham Bakhri compares

By the 2011 count Sham Bakhri is the 56th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,526 residents. Its 63 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Sham Bakhri

Sham Bakhri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sham Bakhri as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Sham Bakhri from other places

Sham Bakhri lies about 30 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chauradano, about 2.8 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 Sham Bakhri
Nearest railway station	Chauradano	2.8 km
Nearest town	Raxaul	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhaka	27 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	30 km

Villages closest to Sham Bakhri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhaka 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 Sham Bakhri

As per the Census of India 2011, Sham Bakhri village had a population of 1,469. That makes it the 56th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,526 residents.

Sham Bakhri village has 769 males and 700 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sham Bakhri has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

The pincode recorded for Sham Bakhri is 845418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sham Bakhri covers 63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sham Bakhri falls under Dhaka tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sham Bakhri is Chauradano, about 2.8 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 10+ km distance for Sham Bakhri.

Sham Bakhri 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.

Sham Bakhri is in Dhaka tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Chauradano is about 2.8 km away. Raxaul is about 19 km away. Dhaka is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.