About Bewan Village

Bewan is a large village in Ariari tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,806, made up of 2,550 males and 2,256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 649.21 hectares hectares.

Bewan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bewan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Tehsil	Ariari
Area (hectares)	649.21 hectares
Population	4,806
Male Population	2,550
Female Population	2,256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bewan compares

By the 2011 count Bewan is the 5th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,864 residents. Its 649.21 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Bewan

Bewan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bewan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bewan from other places

Bewan lies about 9.8 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Kusumha Bihar, about 7.7 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 Bewan
Tehsil headquarters	Ariari	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	Kusumha Bihar	7.7 km
District headquarters	Sheikhpura	9.8 km

Villages closest to Bewan

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 Bewan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bewan village had a population of 4,806. That makes it the 5th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,864 residents.

Bewan village has 2,550 males and 2,256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bewan has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Bewan covers 649.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bewan falls under Ariari tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bewan is Kusumha Bihar, about 7.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bewan.

Bewan is about 9.8 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bewan is in Ariari tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Ariari is about 2.9 km away. Kusumha Bihar is about 7.7 km away. Sheikhpura is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.