About Baratanr Village

Baratanr is a mid sized village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 624, made up of 337 males and 287 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269 hectares hectares.

Baratanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baratanr village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Chanan
Area (hectares)	269 hectares
Population	624
Male Population	337
Female Population	287
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baratanr compares

By the 2011 count Baratanr is the 80th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 269 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 932.

Getting to Baratanr

Baratanr is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Baratanr 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baratanr from other places

Baratanr lies about 110 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bithan, 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 Baratanr
Nearest railway station	Bithan	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chanan	13 km
Nearest town	Bakhri	19 km
District headquarters	Banka	110 km

Villages closest to Baratanr

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.

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Common questions about Baratanr

As per the Census of India 2011, Baratanr village had a population of 624. That makes it the 80th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Baratanr village has 337 males and 287 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baratanr has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Baratanr covers 269 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baratanr falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Baratanr is Bithan, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baratanr.

Baratanr is about 110 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baratanr is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Bithan is about 10 km away. Chanan is about 13 km away. Bakhri is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.