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About Siar Village

Siar is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,219, made up of 641 males and 578 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274.23 hectares hectares.

Siar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Siar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 274.23 hectares
Population 1,219
Male Population 641
Female Population 578
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 902
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Siar compares

By the 2011 count Siar is the 110th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 274.23 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Siar

Siar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Siar 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Siar from other places

Siar lies about 12 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Jagatbela, about 8.2 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 Siar
Nearest railway station Jagatbela 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 9.4 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 12 km

Villages closest to Siar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Siar village had a population of 1,219. That makes it the 110th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Siar village has 641 males and 578 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Siar has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Siar covers 274.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Siar falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Siar is Jagatbela, about 8.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Siar.

Siar is about 12 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Siar is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Jagatbela is about 8.2 km away. Sahjanwa is about 9.4 km away. Gorakhpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahajupar (under 2 km), Nandapar (under 2 km) and Bhagwanpur (1.9 km).

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

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