About Teghra Village

Teghra is a large village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,986, made up of 1,583 males and 1,403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.96 hectares hectares.

Teghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Teghra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Maharajganj
Area (hectares)	149.96 hectares
Population	2,986
Male Population	1,583
Female Population	1,403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Teghra compares

By the 2011 count Teghra is the 20th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents. Its 149.96 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Teghra

Teghra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Teghra 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Teghra from other places

Teghra lies about 18 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 2.7 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 Teghra
Nearest railway station	Bishunpur Mahuari Halt	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maharajganj	3.7 km
Nearest town	Mahārājgani	3.7 km
District headquarters	Siwan	18 km

Villages closest to Teghra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Teghra village had a population of 2,986. That makes it the 20th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents.

Teghra village has 1,583 males and 1,403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Teghra has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Teghra covers 149.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Teghra falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Teghra is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Teghra is about 18 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Teghra is in Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district. Bishunpur Mahuari Halt is about 2.7 km away. Maharajganj is about 3.7 km away. Mahārājgani is about 3.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.