About Semar Village

Semar is a large village in Mahishi tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,349, made up of 1,259 males and 1,090 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Semar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Semar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Mahishi
Pincode	852216
Area (hectares)	284.03 hectares
Population	2,349
Male Population	1,259
Female Population	1,090
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Semar compares

By the 2011 count Semar is the 30th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents. Its 284.03 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Semar

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

Semar lies about 18 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Kusheshwar Asthan, 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 Semar
Tehsil headquarters	Mahishi	7.7 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kusheshwar Asthan	16 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	18 km

Villages closest to Semar

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 Semar

As per the Census of India 2011, Semar village had a population of 2,349. That makes it the 30th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents.

Semar village has 1,259 males and 1,090 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Semar has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

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

Semar covers 284.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Semar falls under Mahishi tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Semar is Kusheshwar Asthan, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Semar.

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

Semar is in Mahishi tehsil of Saharsa district. Mahishi is about 7.7 km away. Bangaon is about 10 km away. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.