About Dewanpur Village

Dewanpur is a mid sized village in Shivaji Nagar tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,649, made up of 876 males and 773 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30 hectares hectares.

Dewanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dewanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Shivaji Nagar
Area (hectares)	30 hectares
Population	1,649
Male Population	876
Female Population	773
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
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 Dewanpur compares

By the 2011 count Dewanpur is the 35th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,933 residents. Its 30 hectares work out to about 55 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Dewanpur

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

Dewanpur lies about 23 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Rusera Ghat, about 11 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 Dewanpur
Tehsil headquarters	Shivaji Nagar	5.2 km
Nearest town	Rosera	10 km
Nearest railway station	Rusera Ghat	11 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	23 km

Villages closest to Dewanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shivaji Nagar 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 Dewanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dewanpur village had a population of 1,649. That makes it the 35th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,933 residents.

Dewanpur village has 876 males and 773 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dewanpur has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Dewanpur covers 30 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 55 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dewanpur falls under Shivaji Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dewanpur is Rusera Ghat, about 11 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 Dewanpur.

Dewanpur is about 23 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dewanpur is in Shivaji Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district. Shivaji Nagar is about 5.2 km away. Rosera is about 10 km away. Rusera Ghat is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.