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About Sukhasan Village

Sukhasan is a mid sized village in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,706, made up of 934 males and 772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sukhasan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sukhasan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saharsa
Tehsil Simri Bakhtiarpur
Pincode 852106
Area (hectares) 76 hectares
Population 1,706
Male Population 934
Female Population 772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 827
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 Sukhasan compares

By the 2011 count Sukhasan is the 44th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Sukhasan

Sukhasan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Sukhasan 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 Sukhasan from other places

Sukhasan lies about 20 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Kusheshwar Asthan, 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 Sukhasan
Nearest town Bangaon 14 km
Nearest railway station Kusheshwar Asthan 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Simri Bakhtiarpur 16 km
District headquarters Saharsa 20 km

Villages closest to Sukhasan

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.

Common questions about Sukhasan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sukhasan village had a population of 1,706. That makes it the 44th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents.

Sukhasan village has 934 males and 772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sukhasan has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Sukhasan is 852106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sukhasan covers 76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Sukhasan is Kusheshwar Asthan, 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 Sukhasan.

Sukhasan is about 20 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sukhasan is in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district. Bangaon is about 14 km away. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 15 km away. Simri Bakhtiarpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghoghsan (1.6 km), Tilanthi (3.7 km) and Belwara (4.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Sukhasan today is likely to be higher.

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