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About Sarae Shaikh Alam Village

Sarae Shaikh Alam is a small village in Jandaha tehsil, in the district of Vaishali, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 176 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16 hectares hectares.

Sarae Shaikh Alam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sarae Shaikh Alam village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Vaishali
Tehsil Jandaha
Area (hectares) 16 hectares
Population 338
Male Population 176
Female Population 162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Sarae Shaikh Alam compares

By the 2011 count Sarae Shaikh Alam is the 103rd largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,397 residents. Its 16 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Sarae Shaikh Alam

Sarae Shaikh Alam is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Sarae Shaikh Alam as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sarae Shaikh Alam from other places

Sarae Shaikh Alam lies about 134 km from Vaishali, and the nearest railway station is Kusheshwar Asthan, 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 Sarae Shaikh Alam
Nearest town Bangaon 10 km
Nearest railway station Kusheshwar Asthan 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Jandaha 33 km
District headquarters Vaishali 134 km

Villages closest to Sarae Shaikh Alam

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jandaha 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 Sarae Shaikh Alam

As per the Census of India 2011, Sarae Shaikh Alam village had a population of 338. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 113 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,397 residents.

Sarae Shaikh Alam village has 176 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sarae Shaikh Alam has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 889.

Sarae Shaikh Alam covers 16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Sarae Shaikh Alam falls under Jandaha tehsil of Vaishali district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Sarae Shaikh Alam is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Sarae Shaikh Alam.

Sarae Shaikh Alam is about 134 km from Vaishali in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sarae Shaikh Alam is in Jandaha tehsil of Vaishali district. Bangaon is about 10 km away. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 12 km away. Jandaha is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chand Sarae (under 2 km), Khemkaranpur (under 2 km) and Marai (under 2 km).

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

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