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About Anhar Village

Anhar is a mid sized village in Suryapura tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 982, made up of 523 males and 459 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.1 hectares hectares.

Anhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anhar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Suryapura
Area (hectares) 78.1 hectares
Population 982
Male Population 523
Female Population 459
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
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 Anhar compares

By the 2011 count Anhar is the 20th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,438 residents. Its 78.1 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 930.

Getting to Anhar

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

Anhar lies about 18 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Kajrat Nawadih, about 4.4 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 Anhar
Nearest railway station Kajrat Nawadih 4.4 km
Nearest town Nabīnagar 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Suryapura 18 km
District headquarters Rohtas 18 km

Villages closest to Anhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anhar village had a population of 982. That makes it the 20th largest of the 40 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,438 residents.

Anhar village has 523 males and 459 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anhar has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Anhar covers 78.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Anhar falls under Suryapura tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Anhar is Kajrat Nawadih, about 4.4 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 Anhar.

Anhar is about 18 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anhar is in Suryapura tehsil of Rohtas district. Kajrat Nawadih is about 4.4 km away. Nabīnagar is about 7.0 km away. Suryapura is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakhanpura (2.7 km), Narayanpur (3.8 km) and Gosal Dih (4.7 km).

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

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