About Agar Village

Agar is one of the larger villages in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,182, made up of 3,235 males and 2,947 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 862 hectares hectares.

Agar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Agar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Simri Bakhtiarpur
Area (hectares)	862 hectares
Population	6,182
Male Population	3,235
Female Population	2,947
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Agar compares

By the 2011 count Agar is the 14th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents. Its 862 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Agar

Agar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Agar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Agar from other places

Agar lies about 24 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Bithan, 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 Agar
Nearest railway station	Bithan	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simri Bakhtiarpur	16 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	19 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	24 km

Villages closest to Agar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri Bakhtiarpur 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 Agar

As per the Census of India 2011, Agar village had a population of 6,182. That makes it the 14th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents.

Agar village has 3,235 males and 2,947 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Agar has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 901.

Agar covers 862 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Agar falls under Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Agar is Bithan, 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 10+ km distance for Agar.

Agar is about 24 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Agar is in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district. Bithan is about 15 km away. Simri Bakhtiarpur is about 16 km away. Bangaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.