About Sahit Village

Sahit is one of the larger villages in Vidyapati Nagar tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13,554, made up of 7,224 males and 6,330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 848503, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sahit Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sahit village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Vidyapati Nagar
Pincode	848503
Area (hectares)	431 hectares
Population	13,554
Male Population	7,224
Female Population	6,330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Sahit compares

By the 2011 count Sahit is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,369 residents. Its 431 hectares work out to about 31 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 914.

Getting to Sahit

Sahit is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sahit as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sahit from other places

Sahit lies about 30 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Vidyapatidham, about 1.6 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 Sahit
Nearest railway station	Vidyapatidham	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vidyapati Nagar	4.8 km
Nearest town	Dalsingh Sarai	9.7 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	30 km

Villages closest to Sahit

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sahit village had a population of 13,554. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,369 residents.

Sahit village has 7,224 males and 6,330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sahit has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Sahit is 848503. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sahit covers 431 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sahit falls under Vidyapati Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sahit is Vidyapatidham, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Sahit.

Sahit 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.

Sahit is in Vidyapati Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district. Vidyapatidham is about 1.6 km away. Vidyapati Nagar is about 4.8 km away. Dalsingh Sarai is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.