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About Singhia Village

Singhia is a mid sized village in Purnia East tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,495, made up of 796 males and 699 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares.

Singhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Singhia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Purnia East
Area (hectares) 109 hectares
Population 1,495
Male Population 796
Female Population 699
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Singhia compares

By the 2011 count Singhia is the 39th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Singhia

Singhia is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Singhia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Singhia from other places

Singhia lies about 5.7 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Purniya Junction, 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 Singhia
Nearest railway station Purniya Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Purnia East 5.7 km
District headquarters Purnia 5.7 km

Villages closest to Singhia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purnia East 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 Singhia

As per the Census of India 2011, Singhia village had a population of 1,495. That makes it the 39th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents.

Singhia village has 796 males and 699 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Singhia has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Singhia covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Singhia falls under Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Singhia is Purniya Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Singhia is about 5.7 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Singhia is in Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district. Purniya Junction is about under 2 km away. Purnia East is about 5.7 km away. Purnia is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hansadah (under 2 km), Mohankunda (3.3 km) and Sikandarpur (3.7 km).

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

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