About Barnaon Village

Barnaon is one of the larger villages in Jagdishpur tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,491, made up of 5,030 males and 4,461 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 946 hectares hectares.

Barnaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barnaon village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Tehsil	Jagdishpur
Area (hectares)	946 hectares
Population	9,491
Male Population	5,030
Female Population	4,461
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barnaon compares

By the 2011 count Barnaon is the 6th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,181 residents. Its 946 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Barnaon

Barnaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barnaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Barnaon from other places

Barnaon lies about 139 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Harnagar, about 7.7 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 Barnaon
Nearest railway station	Harnagar	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdishpur	16 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	19 km
District headquarters	Bhojpur	139 km

Villages closest to Barnaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barnaon village had a population of 9,491. That makes it the 6th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,181 residents.

Barnaon village has 5,030 males and 4,461 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barnaon has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Barnaon covers 946 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barnaon falls under Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barnaon is Harnagar, about 7.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barnaon.

Barnaon is about 139 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barnaon is in Jagdishpur tehsil of Bhojpur district. Harnagar is about 7.7 km away. Jagdishpur is about 16 km away. Bangaon is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.