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About Anitikar Village

Anitikar is a mid sized village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 792, made up of 403 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 965 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 hectares hectares.

Anitikar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anitikar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Barharwa
Area (hectares) 135 hectares
Population 792
Male Population 403
Female Population 389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 965
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Anitikar compares

By the 2011 count Anitikar is the 56th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Anitikar

Anitikar 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 Anitikar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Anitikar from other places

Anitikar lies about 18 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Taljhari, about 6.1 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 Anitikar
Nearest railway station Taljhari 6.1 km
Nearest town Rājmahal 15 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Barharwa 28 km

Villages closest to Anitikar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anitikar village had a population of 792. That makes it the 56th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Anitikar village has 403 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anitikar has about 965 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Anitikar covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anitikar falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Anitikar is Taljhari, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

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

Anitikar is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Taljhari is about 6.1 km away. Rājmahal is about 15 km away. Sahibganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Binapara (under 2 km), Kasipara (under 2 km) and Lohatia (under 2 km).

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

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