About Sarnarayan Village

Sarnarayan is a large village in Dariapur tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,402, made up of 2,377 males and 2,025 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 841101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sarnarayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarnarayan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Dariapur
Pincode	841101
Area (hectares)	230 hectares
Population	4,402
Male Population	2,377
Female Population	2,025
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sarnarayan compares

By the 2011 count Sarnarayan is the 12th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,956 residents. Its 230 hectares work out to about 19 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 951.

Getting to Sarnarayan

Sarnarayan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sarnarayan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Sarnarayan from other places

Sarnarayan lies about 56 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Ara Junction, 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 Sarnarayan
Nearest town	Arrah	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Ara Junction	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dariapur	3.8 km
District headquarters	Saran	56 km

Villages closest to Sarnarayan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarnarayan village had a population of 4,402. That makes it the 12th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,956 residents.

Sarnarayan village has 2,377 males and 2,025 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarnarayan has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Sarnarayan is 841101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sarnarayan covers 230 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sarnarayan falls under Dariapur tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sarnarayan is Ara Junction, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Sarnarayan.

Sarnarayan is about 56 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarnarayan is in Dariapur tehsil of Saran district. Arrah is about under 2 km away. Ara Junction is about under 2 km away. Dariapur is about 3.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.