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About Barahduari Village

Barahduari is a small village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 131 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares.

Barahduari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barahduari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Chanan
Area (hectares) 131 hectares
Population 255
Male Population 131
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barahduari compares

By the 2011 count Barahduari is the 168th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Barahduari

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

How far is Barahduari from other places

Barahduari lies about 121 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 12 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 Barahduari
Nearest town Bangaon 10 km
Nearest railway station Kusheshwar Asthan 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanan 20 km
District headquarters Banka 121 km

Villages closest to Barahduari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barahduari village had a population of 255. That makes it the 168th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Barahduari village has 131 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barahduari has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 932.

Barahduari covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barahduari falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barahduari is Kusheshwar Asthan, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barahduari.

Barahduari is about 121 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barahduari is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Bangaon is about 10 km away. Kusheshwar Asthan is about 12 km away. Chanan is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jogmaran (under 2 km), Lila Baran (under 2 km) and Tola Alakjara (under 2 km).

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

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