About Porai Village

Porai is a large village in Bausi tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,422, made up of 1,301 males and 1,121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 337 hectares hectares.

Porai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Bausi
Area (hectares)	337 hectares
Population	2,422
Male Population	1,301
Female Population	1,121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Porai compares

By the 2011 count Porai is the 24th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 337 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Porai

Porai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Porai as Available within 5 - 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porai from other places

Porai lies about 13 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Barahat Junction, about 3.4 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 Porai
Nearest railway station	Barahat Junction	3.4 km
District headquarters	Banka	13 km
Nearest town	Bānka	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bausi	15 km

Villages closest to Porai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Porai village had a population of 2,422. That makes it the 24th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Porai village has 1,301 males and 1,121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porai has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Porai covers 337 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Porai falls under Bausi tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Porai is Barahat Junction, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Porai is about 13 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porai is in Bausi tehsil of Banka district. Barahat Junction is about 3.4 km away. Banka is about 13 km away. Bānka is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.