About Pilkhi Village

Pilkhi is a large village in Chenari tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,175, made up of 1,162 males and 1,013 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.7 hectares hectares.

Pilkhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pilkhi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Chenari
Area (hectares)	169.7 hectares
Population	2,175
Male Population	1,162
Female Population	1,013
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pilkhi compares

By the 2011 count Pilkhi is the 14th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 169.7 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Pilkhi

Pilkhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pilkhi as Available within 5 - 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 Pilkhi from other places

Pilkhi lies about 28 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Shiu Sagar Road, about 15 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 Pilkhi
Nearest railway station	Shiu Sagar Road	15 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chenari	28 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	28 km

Villages closest to Pilkhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pilkhi village had a population of 2,175. That makes it the 14th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Pilkhi village has 1,162 males and 1,013 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pilkhi has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Pilkhi covers 169.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Pilkhi falls under Chenari tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pilkhi is Shiu Sagar Road, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pilkhi.

Pilkhi is about 28 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pilkhi is in Chenari tehsil of Rohtas district. Shiu Sagar Road is about 15 km away. Sasarām is about 18 km away. Chenari is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.