About Paktola Village

Paktola is a mid sized village in Dumra tehsil, in the district of Sitamarhi, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 660, made up of 351 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 283.3 hectares hectares.

Paktola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paktola village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sitamarhi
Tehsil	Dumra
Area (hectares)	283.3 hectares
Population	660
Male Population	351
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Paktola compares

By the 2011 count Paktola is the 68th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,470 residents. Its 283.3 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Paktola

Paktola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Paktola as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Mohanpur, Muradpur, Nagwan Azamgarh and Narayanpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Paktola

As per the Census of India 2011, Paktola village had a population of 660. That makes it the 68th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,470 residents.

Paktola village has 351 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paktola has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Paktola covers 283.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paktola falls under Dumra tehsil of Sitamarhi district in Bihar.

The census record for Paktola notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Paktola.

Paktola is in Dumra tehsil of Sitamarhi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.