About Bawan Village

Bawan is a small village in Taraiya tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 31 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17 hectares hectares.

Bawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Taraiya
Area (hectares)	17 hectares
Population	56
Male Population	31
Female Population	25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	806
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Bawan compares

By the 2011 count Bawan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,987 residents. Its 17 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Bawan

Bawan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bawan 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bawan from other places

Bawan lies about 28 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Sham Kauria, about 7.2 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 Bawan
Tehsil headquarters	Taraiya	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	Sham Kauria	7.2 km
Nearest town	Marhaura	9.9 km
District headquarters	Saran	28 km

Villages closest to Bawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bawan village had a population of 56. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,987 residents.

Bawan village has 31 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bawan has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Bawan covers 17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bawan falls under Taraiya tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bawan is Sham Kauria, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Bawan is about 28 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bawan is in Taraiya tehsil of Saran district. Taraiya is about 2.5 km away. Sham Kauria is about 7.2 km away. Marhaura is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.