About Sighinpur Village

Sighinpur is a mid sized village in Sonepur tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 504, made up of 270 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares.

Sighinpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sighinpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Sonepur
Area (hectares)	93 hectares
Population	504
Male Population	270
Female Population	234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
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 Sighinpur compares

By the 2011 count Sighinpur is the 62nd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Sighinpur

Sighinpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Sighinpur 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 Sighinpur from other places

Sighinpur lies about 58 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Nayagaon, about 4.7 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 Sighinpur
Nearest railway station	Nayagaon	4.7 km
Nearest town	Dighwāra	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonepur	10 km
District headquarters	Saran	58 km

Villages closest to Sighinpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Sighinpur village had a population of 504. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,234 residents.

Sighinpur village has 270 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sighinpur has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

Sighinpur covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sighinpur falls under Sonepur tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sighinpur is Nayagaon, about 4.7 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 Sighinpur.

Sighinpur is about 58 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sighinpur is in Sonepur tehsil of Saran district. Nayagaon is about 4.7 km away. Dighwāra is about 6.6 km away. Sonepur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.