About Barhara Village

Barhara is a large village in Raniganj tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,565, made up of 1,877 males and 1,688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 769.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Raniganj
Pincode	854334
Area (hectares)	769.3 hectares
Population	3,565
Male Population	1,877
Female Population	1,688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barhara compares

By the 2011 count Barhara is the 41st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,660 residents. Its 769.3 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Barhara

Barhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barhara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Barhara from other places

Barhara lies about 29 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Haldita Bihar, about 17 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 Barhara
Tehsil headquarters	Raniganj	3.3 km
Nearest railway station	Haldita Bihar	17 km
Nearest town	Banmankhi	19 km
District headquarters	Araria	29 km

Villages closest to Barhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhara village had a population of 3,565. That makes it the 41st largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,660 residents.

Barhara village has 1,877 males and 1,688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhara has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Barhara is 854334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barhara covers 769.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barhara falls under Raniganj tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barhara is Haldita Bihar, about 17 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 village for Barhara.

Barhara is about 29 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhara is in Raniganj tehsil of Araria district. Raniganj is about 3.3 km away. Haldita Bihar is about 17 km away. Banmankhi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.