About Ekarh Village

Ekarh is a large village in Nauhatta tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,505, made up of 1,852 males and 1,653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 754 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ekarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ekarh village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Nauhatta
Pincode	852123
Area (hectares)	754 hectares
Population	3,505
Male Population	1,852
Female Population	1,653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
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 Ekarh compares

By the 2011 count Ekarh is the 14th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,996 residents. Its 754 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 911.

Getting to Ekarh

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

Ekarh lies about 17 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Panchgachia, about 15 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 Ekarh
Nearest town	Bangaon	12 km
Nearest railway station	Panchgachia	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nauhatta	17 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	17 km

Villages closest to Ekarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ekarh village had a population of 3,505. That makes it the 14th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,996 residents.

Ekarh village has 1,852 males and 1,653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ekarh has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Ekarh is 852123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ekarh covers 754 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ekarh falls under Nauhatta tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ekarh is Panchgachia, about 15 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 Ekarh.

Ekarh is about 17 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ekarh is in Nauhatta tehsil of Saharsa district. Bangaon is about 12 km away. Panchgachia is about 15 km away. Nauhatta is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.