About Shahganwan Village

Shahganwan is a large village in Salkhua tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,019, made up of 1,074 males and 945 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 578 hectares hectares.

Shahganwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Shahganwan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Salkhua
Area (hectares)	578 hectares
Population	2,019
Male Population	1,074
Female Population	945
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
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 Shahganwan compares

By the 2011 count Shahganwan is the 22nd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 578 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Shahganwan

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

Shahganwan lies about 17 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 6.9 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 Shahganwan
Nearest railway station	Simri Bakhtiyarpur	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salkhua	10 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	15 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	17 km

Villages closest to Shahganwan

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 Shahganwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Shahganwan village had a population of 2,019. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Shahganwan village has 1,074 males and 945 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Shahganwan has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Shahganwan covers 578 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Shahganwan falls under Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Shahganwan is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 6.9 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 Shahganwan.

Shahganwan 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.

Shahganwan is in Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district. Simri Bakhtiyarpur is about 6.9 km away. Salkhua is about 10 km away. Bangaon is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.