About Phursatpur Village

Phursatpur is a mid sized village in Garkha tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,687, made up of 916 males and 771 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares.

Phursatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Phursatpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Garkha
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	1,687
Male Population	916
Female Population	771
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Phursatpur compares

By the 2011 count Phursatpur is the 63rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,757 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 17 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 963.

Getting to Phursatpur

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

Phursatpur lies about 34 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Goldinganj, about 9.1 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 Phursatpur
Tehsil headquarters	Garkha	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Goldinganj	9.1 km
Nearest town	Chāpra	12 km
District headquarters	Saran	34 km

Villages closest to Phursatpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Phursatpur village had a population of 1,687. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,757 residents.

Phursatpur village has 916 males and 771 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Phursatpur has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Phursatpur covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Phursatpur falls under Garkha tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Phursatpur is Goldinganj, about 9.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Phursatpur.

Phursatpur is about 34 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Phursatpur is in Garkha tehsil of Saran district. Garkha is about under 2 km away. Goldinganj is about 9.1 km away. Chāpra is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.