About Bajar Village

Bajar is a mid sized village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,883, made up of 992 males and 891 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares.

Bajar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bajar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	91 hectares
Population	1,883
Male Population	992
Female Population	891
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bajar compares

By the 2011 count Bajar is the 40th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 91 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Bajar

Bajar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bajar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bajar from other places

Bajar lies about 29 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Bela, about 15 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 Bajar
Nearest railway station	Bela	15 km
Nearest town	Purāini	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	29 km
District headquarters	Banka	29 km

Villages closest to Bajar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bajar village had a population of 1,883. That makes it the 40th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Bajar village has 992 males and 891 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bajar has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Bajar covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bajar falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bajar is Bela, about 15 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 village for Bajar.

Bajar is about 29 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bajar is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Bela is about 15 km away. Purāini is about 21 km away. Dhuraiya is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.