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About Barhar Village

Barhar is a small village in Kutumba tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 275, made up of 155 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 774 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares.

Barhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Kutumba
Area (hectares) 72 hectares
Population 275
Male Population 155
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 774
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 Barhar compares

By the 2011 count Barhar is the 179th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Barhar

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

How far is Barhar from other places

Barhar lies about 19 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Barkisalaiya, about 10 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 Barhar
Tehsil headquarters Kutumba 4.7 km
Nearest railway station Barkisalaiya 10 km
Nearest town Nabīnagar 11 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 19 km

Villages closest to Barhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhar village had a population of 275. That makes it the 179th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents.

Barhar village has 155 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhar has about 774 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Barhar covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barhar falls under Kutumba tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barhar is Barkisalaiya, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barhar.

Barhar is about 19 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhar is in Kutumba tehsil of Aurangabad district. Kutumba is about 4.7 km away. Barkisalaiya is about 10 km away. Nabīnagar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chankap (under 2 km), Or (under 2 km) and Barauli (under 2 km).

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

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