About Barhait Village

Barhait is a small village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 125 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares.

Barhait Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhait village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Area (hectares)	88 hectares
Population	223
Male Population	125
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	784
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barhait compares

By the 2011 count Barhait is the 109th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 879.

Getting to Barhait

Barhait is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barhait 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barhait from other places

Barhait lies about 16 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Mandar Hill, about 3.9 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 Barhait
Nearest railway station	Mandar Hill	3.9 km
Nearest town	Godda	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	16 km
District headquarters	Banka	16 km

Villages closest to Barhait

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhait village had a population of 223. That makes it the 109th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Barhait village has 125 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhait has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Barhait covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barhait falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barhait is Mandar Hill, about 3.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Barhait.

Barhait is about 16 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhait is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Mandar Hill is about 3.9 km away. Godda is about 15 km away. Shambhuganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.