About Samhar Khurd Village

Samhar Khurd is a large village in Salkhua tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,172, made up of 1,176 males and 996 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 847 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.05 hectares hectares.

Samhar Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Samhar Khurd village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Salkhua
Area (hectares)	350.05 hectares
Population	2,172
Male Population	1,176
Female Population	996
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	847
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 Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Samhar Khurd is the 20th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 350.05 hectares work out to about 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Samhar Khurd

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

Samhar Khurd lies about 30 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Dhamara Ghat, about 3.7 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 Khurd
Nearest railway station	Dhamara Ghat	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salkhua	7.4 km
Nearest town	Khagaria	16 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	30 km

Villages closest to Samhar Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Samhar Khurd village had a population of 2,172. That makes it the 20th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Samhar Khurd village has 1,176 males and 996 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Samhar Khurd has about 847 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

Samhar Khurd covers 350.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Samhar Khurd is Dhamara Ghat, about 3.7 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 Khurd.

Samhar Khurd 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 Khurd is in Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district. Dhamara Ghat is about 3.7 km away. Salkhua is about 7.4 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.