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About Barhowara Village

Barhowara is a mid sized village in Kalgachia tehsil, in the district of Barpeta, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 552, made up of 279 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.23 hectares hectares.

Barhowara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhowara village
Description Value
State Assam
District Barpeta
Tehsil Kalgachia
Area (hectares) 241.23 hectares
Population 552
Male Population 279
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 978
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barhowara compares

By the 2011 count Barhowara is the 88th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,960 residents. Its 241.23 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Barhowara

Barhowara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barhowara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bandarmora, Banghugi, Bankabhanga and Barbhitha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Barhowara

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhowara village had a population of 552. That makes it the 88th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,960 residents.

Barhowara village has 279 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhowara has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Barhowara covers 241.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barhowara falls under Kalgachia tehsil of Barpeta district in Assam.

The census record for Barhowara notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barhowara.

Barhowara is in Kalgachia tehsil of Barpeta district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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