About Narhan Village

Narhan is one of the larger villages in Bibhutpur tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 16,213, made up of 8,449 males and 7,764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 733 hectares hectares.

Narhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Narhan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Bibhutpur
Area (hectares)	733 hectares
Population	16,213
Male Population	8,449
Female Population	7,764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Narhan compares

By the 2011 count Narhan is the 5th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 7,864 residents. Its 733 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Narhan

Narhan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Narhan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Narhan from other places

Narhan lies about 30 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Rusera Ghat, about 6.4 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 Narhan
Tehsil headquarters	Bibhutpur	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Rusera Ghat	6.4 km
Nearest town	Rusera	6.9 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	30 km

Villages closest to Narhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bibhutpur 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 Narhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Narhan village had a population of 16,213. That makes it the 5th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 7,864 residents.

Narhan village has 8,449 males and 7,764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Narhan has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Narhan covers 733 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Narhan falls under Bibhutpur tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Narhan is Rusera Ghat, about 6.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Narhan.

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

Narhan is in Bibhutpur tehsil of Samastipur district. Bibhutpur is about under 2 km away. Rusera Ghat is about 6.4 km away. Rusera is about 6.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.