About Sapaita Village

Sapaita is a mid sized village in Mahishi tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,487, made up of 801 males and 686 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 282 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sapaita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sapaita village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Mahishi
Pincode	852216
Area (hectares)	282 hectares
Population	1,487
Male Population	801
Female Population	686
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sapaita compares

By the 2011 count Sapaita is the 41st largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents. Its 282 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 899.

Getting to Sapaita

Sapaita is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sapaita as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Sapaita from other places

Sapaita lies about 22 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 16 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 Sapaita
Nearest railway station	Simri Bakhtiyarpur	16 km
Nearest town	Madhepura	21 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahishi	31 km

Villages closest to Sapaita

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sapaita village had a population of 1,487. That makes it the 41st largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents.

Sapaita village has 801 males and 686 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sapaita has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Sapaita is 852216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sapaita covers 282 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sapaita falls under Mahishi tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sapaita is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sapaita.

Sapaita is about 22 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sapaita is in Mahishi tehsil of Saharsa district. Simri Bakhtiyarpur is about 16 km away. Madhepura is about 21 km away. Saharsa is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.