About Sikandarpur Village

Sikandarpur is a mid sized village in Sangrampur tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,500, made up of 795 males and 705 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159 hectares hectares.

Sikandarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sikandarpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Sangrampur
Area (hectares)	159 hectares
Population	1,500
Male Population	795
Female Population	705
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sikandarpur compares

By the 2011 count Sikandarpur is the 18th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,264 residents. Its 159 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Sikandarpur

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

Sikandarpur lies about 22 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Sidhwalia, about 16 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 Sikandarpur
Tehsil headquarters	Sangrampur	5.3 km
Nearest town	Areraj	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sidhwalia	16 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	22 km

Villages closest to Sikandarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sikandarpur village had a population of 1,500. That makes it the 18th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,264 residents.

Sikandarpur village has 795 males and 705 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sikandarpur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 928.

Sikandarpur covers 159 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sikandarpur falls under Sangrampur tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sikandarpur is Sidhwalia, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance for Sikandarpur.

Sikandarpur is about 22 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sikandarpur is in Sangrampur tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Sangrampur is about 5.3 km away. Areraj is about 12 km away. Sidhwalia is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.