About Shahar Village

Shahar is a mid sized village in Kargahar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,613, made up of 851 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares.

Shahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Kargahar
Area (hectares)	216 hectares
Population	1,613
Male Population	851
Female Population	762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Shahar compares

By the 2011 count Shahar is the 39th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Shahar

Shahar 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 Shahar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Shahar from other places

Shahar 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 Shahar
Tehsil headquarters	Kargahar	24 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kosiara	29 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	35 km

Villages closest to Shahar

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 Shahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahar village had a population of 1,613. That makes it the 39th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Shahar village has 851 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahar has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Shahar covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Shahar falls under Kargahar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shahar is Kosiara, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Shahar 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.

Shahar 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.