About Samhar Kalan Village

Samhar Kalan is a mid sized village in Salkhua tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 874, made up of 468 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares.

Samhar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samhar Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Salkhua
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	874
Male Population	468
Female Population	406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Samhar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Samhar Kalan is the 34th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 890.

Getting to Samhar Kalan

Samhar Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Samhar Kalan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Samhar Kalan from other places

Samhar Kalan lies about 30 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Dhamara Ghat, about 2.0 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 Samhar Kalan
Nearest railway station	Dhamara Ghat	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salkhua	7.3 km
Nearest town	Khagaria	16 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	30 km

Villages closest to Samhar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Salkhua 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 Samhar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Samhar Kalan village had a population of 874. That makes it the 34th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Samhar Kalan village has 468 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samhar Kalan has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 890.

Samhar Kalan covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Samhar Kalan falls under Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Samhar Kalan is Dhamara Ghat, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Samhar Kalan.

Samhar Kalan is about 30 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Samhar Kalan is in Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district. Dhamara Ghat is about 2.0 km away. Salkhua is about 7.3 km away. Khagaria is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.