About Sakhwa Village

Sakhwa is a large village in Bithan tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,684, made up of 1,963 males and 1,721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 848207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sakhwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sakhwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Bithan
Pincode	848207
Area (hectares)	181.8 hectares
Population	3,684
Male Population	1,963
Female Population	1,721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Sakhwa compares

By the 2011 count Sakhwa is the 14th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,929 residents. Its 181.8 hectares work out to about 20 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 934.

Getting to Sakhwa

Sakhwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sakhwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Sakhwa from other places

Sakhwa lies about 50 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Bithan, about 4.6 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 Sakhwa
Nearest railway station	Bithan	4.6 km
Nearest town	Bakhri	15 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	50 km

Villages closest to Sakhwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sakhwa village had a population of 3,684. That makes it the 14th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,929 residents.

Sakhwa village has 1,963 males and 1,721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sakhwa has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Sakhwa is 848207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sakhwa covers 181.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sakhwa falls under Bithan tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sakhwa is Bithan, about 4.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sakhwa.

Sakhwa is about 50 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sakhwa is in Bithan tehsil of Samastipur district. Bithan is about 4.6 km away. Bakhri is about 15 km away. Samastipur is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.