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About Agni Village

Agni is a mid sized village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 626, made up of 334 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares.

Agni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agni village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Sasaram
Area (hectares) 133 hectares
Population 626
Male Population 334
Female Population 292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
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 Agni compares

By the 2011 count Agni is the 106th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 926.

Getting to Agni

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

Agni lies about 33 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Sasaram Junction, about 5.1 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 Agni
Tehsil headquarters Sasaram 4.4 km
Nearest town Sasarām 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Sasaram Junction 5.1 km
District headquarters Rohtas 33 km

Villages closest to Agni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Agni village had a population of 626. That makes it the 106th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Agni village has 334 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agni has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Agni covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Agni falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Agni is Sasaram Junction, about 5.1 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 Agni.

Agni is about 33 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agni is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Sasaram is about 4.4 km away. Sasarām is about 4.4 km away. Sasaram Junction is about 5.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Singuhi (under 2 km), Naugain (under 2 km) and Molawan (1.7 km).

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

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