About Auraiyan Village

Auraiyan is a mid sized village in Sheosagar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,204, made up of 634 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223 hectares hectares.

Auraiyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Auraiyan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Sheosagar
Area (hectares)	223 hectares
Population	1,204
Male Population	634
Female Population	570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Auraiyan compares

By the 2011 count Auraiyan is the 49th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 223 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Auraiyan

Auraiyan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Auraiyan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Auraiyan from other places

Auraiyan lies about 24 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Shiu Sagar Road, about 22 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 Auraiyan
Nearest railway station	Shiu Sagar Road	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sheosagar	24 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	24 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	25 km

Villages closest to Auraiyan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Auraiyan village had a population of 1,204. That makes it the 49th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents.

Auraiyan village has 634 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Auraiyan has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Auraiyan covers 223 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Auraiyan falls under Sheosagar tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Auraiyan is Shiu Sagar Road, about 22 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 village for Auraiyan.

Auraiyan 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.

Auraiyan is in Sheosagar tehsil of Rohtas district. Shiu Sagar Road is about 22 km away. Sheosagar is about 24 km away. Rohtas is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.