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About Safari Village

Safari is a mid sized village in Ekma tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,529, made up of 812 males and 717 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares.

Safari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Safari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Ekma
Area (hectares) 192 hectares
Population 1,529
Male Population 812
Female Population 717
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Safari compares

By the 2011 count Safari is the 43rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,353 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Safari

Safari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Safari as Available within 5 - 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 Safari from other places

Safari lies about 10 km from Saran. 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 Safari
Tehsil headquarters Ekma 5.4 km
District headquarters Saran 10 km
Nearest town Mahārājgani 18 km

Villages closest to Safari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Safari village had a population of 1,529. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,353 residents.

Safari village has 812 males and 717 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Safari has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Safari covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Safari falls under Ekma tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The census record for Safari notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Safari.

Safari is about 10 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Safari is in Ekma tehsil of Saran district. Ekma is about 5.4 km away. Saran is about 10 km away. Mahārājgani is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bishunpura Khurd (under 2 km), Bishunpura Kalan (under 2 km) and Chhitraulia (under 2 km).

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

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