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About Semaria Village

Semaria is a large village in Kasba tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,377, made up of 1,238 males and 1,139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261 hectares hectares.

Semaria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Semaria village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Kasba
Area (hectares) 261 hectares
Population 2,377
Male Population 1,238
Female Population 1,139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Semaria compares

By the 2011 count Semaria is the 26th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,700 residents. Its 261 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Semaria

Semaria is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Semaria as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Semaria from other places

Semaria lies about 16 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Garh Banaili, 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 Semaria
Nearest railway station Garh Banaili under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasba 5.9 km
District headquarters Purnia 16 km

Villages closest to Semaria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Semaria village had a population of 2,377. That makes it the 26th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,700 residents.

Semaria village has 1,238 males and 1,139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Semaria has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 944.

Semaria covers 261 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Semaria falls under Kasba tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Semaria is Garh Banaili, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Semaria is about 16 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Semaria is in Kasba tehsil of Purnia district. Garh Banaili is about under 2 km away. Kasba is about 5.9 km away. Purnia is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saraunchia (under 2 km), Sarra (1.7 km) and Malharia (2.3 km).

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

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