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About Selaur Village

Selaur is a large village in Guthani tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,964, made up of 1,497 males and 1,467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 841435, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Selaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Selaur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Guthani
Pincode 841435
Area (hectares) 171 hectares
Population 2,964
Male Population 1,497
Female Population 1,467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 980
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Selaur compares

By the 2011 count Selaur is the 10th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 171 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Selaur

Selaur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Selaur as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Selaur from other places

Selaur lies about 31 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Bankata, about 12 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 Selaur
Nearest town Lar 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Bankata 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Guthani 31 km
District headquarters Siwan 31 km

Villages closest to Selaur

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

Common questions about Selaur

As per the Census of India 2011, Selaur village had a population of 2,964. That makes it the 10th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Selaur village has 1,497 males and 1,467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Selaur has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Selaur is 841435. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Selaur covers 171 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Selaur falls under Guthani tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Selaur is Bankata, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Selaur.

Selaur is about 31 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Selaur is in Guthani tehsil of Siwan district. Lar is about 9.5 km away. Bankata is about 12 km away. Guthani is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mamaur (under 2 km), Bauri (under 2 km) and Gothini (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Selaur today is likely to be higher.

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