About Afardih Village

Afardih is a mid sized village in Ariari tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,310, made up of 661 males and 649 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157 hectares hectares.

Afardih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Afardih village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Tehsil	Ariari
Area (hectares)	157 hectares
Population	1,310
Male Population	661
Female Population	649
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Afardih compares

By the 2011 count Afardih is the 29th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,864 residents. Its 157 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Afardih

Afardih is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Afardih 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Afardih from other places

Afardih lies about 16 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Kusumha Bihar, about 13 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 Afardih
Tehsil headquarters	Ariari	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kusumha Bihar	13 km
District headquarters	Sheikhpura	16 km

Villages closest to Afardih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Afardih village had a population of 1,310. That makes it the 29th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,864 residents.

Afardih village has 661 males and 649 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Afardih has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Afardih covers 157 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Afardih falls under Ariari tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Afardih is Kusumha Bihar, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Afardih.

Afardih is about 16 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Afardih is in Ariari tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Ariari is about 5.8 km away. Kusumha Bihar is about 13 km away. Sheikhpura is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.