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About Loknathpur Village

Loknathpur is a large village in Motihari tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,447, made up of 1,319 males and 1,128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229 hectares hectares.

Loknathpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Loknathpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Motihari
Area (hectares) 229 hectares
Population 2,447
Male Population 1,319
Female Population 1,128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Loknathpur compares

By the 2011 count Loknathpur is the 35th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents. Its 229 hectares work out to about 11 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 Loknathpur

Loknathpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Loknathpur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Loknathpur from other places

Loknathpur lies about 14 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chailaha Halt, about 6.6 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 Loknathpur
Nearest railway station Chailaha Halt 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Motihari 8.0 km
Nearest town Mothīhāri 8.0 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 14 km

Villages closest to Loknathpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Loknathpur village had a population of 2,447. That makes it the 35th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents.

Loknathpur village has 1,319 males and 1,128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Loknathpur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Loknathpur covers 229 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Loknathpur falls under Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Loknathpur is Chailaha Halt, about 6.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Loknathpur.

Loknathpur is about 14 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Loknathpur is in Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Chailaha Halt is about 6.6 km away. Motihari is about 8.0 km away. Mothīhāri is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kataha (under 2 km), Semra (2.3 km) and Gulariya (2.8 km).

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

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