About Sanwabahar Village

Sanwabahar is a mid sized village in Kargahar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 892, made up of 483 males and 409 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219 hectares hectares.

Sanwabahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sanwabahar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Kargahar
Area (hectares)	219 hectares
Population	892
Male Population	483
Female Population	409
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
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 Sanwabahar compares

By the 2011 count Sanwabahar is the 94th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 219 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Sanwabahar

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

Sanwabahar lies about 24 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Kosiara, about 29 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 Sanwabahar
Tehsil headquarters	Kargahar	24 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kosiara	29 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	35 km

Villages closest to Sanwabahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sanwabahar village had a population of 892. That makes it the 94th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Sanwabahar village has 483 males and 409 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sanwabahar has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Sanwabahar covers 219 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sanwabahar falls under Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sanwabahar is Kosiara, about 29 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 Sanwabahar.

Sanwabahar is about 24 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sanwabahar is in Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district. Kargahar is about 24 km away. Rohtas is about 24 km away. Kosiara is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.