About Saraia Village

Saraia is a mid sized village in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 724, made up of 367 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18 hectares hectares.

Saraia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Saraia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sona Rai Tharhi
Area (hectares)	18 hectares
Population	724
Male Population	367
Female Population	357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
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 Saraia compares

By the 2011 count Saraia is the 20th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 387 residents. Its 18 hectares work out to about 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Saraia

Saraia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Saraia 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 Saraia from other places

Saraia lies about 31 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, about 5.3 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 Saraia
Nearest railway station	Joramow Railway Station	5.3 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sona Rai Tharhi	31 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	31 km

Villages closest to Saraia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sona Rai Tharhi 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 Saraia

As per the Census of India 2011, Saraia village had a population of 724. That makes it the 20th largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 387 residents.

Saraia village has 367 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Saraia has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Saraia covers 18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 40 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Saraia falls under Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Saraia is Joramow Railway Station, about 5.3 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 Saraia.

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

Saraia is in Sona Rai Tharhi tehsil of Deoghar district. Joramow Railway Station is about 5.3 km away. Madhupur is about 14 km away. Sona Rai Tharhi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.