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About Biahi Village

Biahi is a mid sized village in Chanan tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 522, made up of 287 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 819 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares.

Biahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biahi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Chanan
Area (hectares) 54 hectares
Population 522
Male Population 287
Female Population 235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 819
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Biahi compares

By the 2011 count Biahi is the 96th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 588 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Biahi

Biahi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Biahi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Biahi from other places

Biahi lies about 135 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Garh Baruari, about 16 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 Biahi
Nearest railway station Garh Baruari 16 km
Nearest town Bangaon 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Chanan 34 km
District headquarters Banka 135 km

Villages closest to Biahi

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 Biahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Biahi village had a population of 522. That makes it the 96th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 588 residents.

Biahi village has 287 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biahi has about 819 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Biahi covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Biahi falls under Chanan tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Biahi is Garh Baruari, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Biahi.

Biahi is about 135 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biahi is in Chanan tehsil of Banka district. Garh Baruari is about 16 km away. Bangaon is about 18 km away. Chanan is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garkar (3.9 km), Tola Ramnakura (5.4 km) and Lohari (12 km).

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

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