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About Dahiawan Village

Dahiawan is one of the larger villages in Chapra tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,951, made up of 3,162 males and 2,789 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Dahiawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dahiawan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Chapra
Area (hectares) 106 hectares
Population 5,951
Male Population 3,162
Female Population 2,789
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Dahiawan compares

By the 2011 count Dahiawan is the 8th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 56 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 897.

Getting to Dahiawan

The census records public bus service for Dahiawan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dahiawan from other places

Dahiawan lies about 32 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Chhapra Kacheri, about under 2 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 Dahiawan
Nearest railway station Chhapra Kacheri under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chapra 1.6 km
Nearest town Chāpra 1.6 km
District headquarters Saran 32 km

Villages closest to Dahiawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dahiawan village had a population of 5,951. That makes it the 8th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents.

Dahiawan village has 3,162 males and 2,789 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dahiawan 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 897.

Dahiawan covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 56 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Dahiawan falls under Chapra tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dahiawan is Chhapra Kacheri, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Dahiawan.

Dahiawan is about 32 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dahiawan is in Chapra tehsil of Saran district. Chhapra Kacheri is about under 2 km away. Chapra is about 1.6 km away. Chāpra is about 1.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sanrha (under 2 km), Ratanpura (under 2 km) and Chhuri Chhapra (1.6 km).

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

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