About Baraura Village

Baraura is a small village in Piro tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 111 males and 81 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 730 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares.

Baraura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baraura village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhojpur
Tehsil	Piro
Area (hectares)	43 hectares
Population	192
Male Population	111
Female Population	81
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	730
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baraura compares

By the 2011 count Baraura is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,171 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 936.

Getting to Baraura

Baraura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baraura 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baraura from other places

Baraura lies about 31 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Kusiargaon, about 6.7 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 Baraura
Nearest railway station	Kusiargaon	6.7 km
Nearest town	Arāria	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Piro	31 km
District headquarters	Bhojpur	31 km

Villages closest to Baraura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baraura village had a population of 192. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,171 residents.

Baraura village has 111 males and 81 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baraura has about 730 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

Baraura covers 43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baraura falls under Piro tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Baraura is Kusiargaon, about 6.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Baraura.

Baraura is about 31 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baraura is in Piro tehsil of Bhojpur district. Kusiargaon is about 6.7 km away. Arāria is about 11 km away. Piro is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.