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About Barbatara Village

Barbatara is a small village in Simri tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 485, made up of 236 males and 249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94 hectares hectares.

Barbatara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barbatara village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Buxar
Tehsil Simri
Area (hectares) 94 hectares
Population 485
Male Population 236
Female Population 249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,055
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barbatara compares

By the 2011 count Barbatara is the 61st largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents. Its 94 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Barbatara

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

How far is Barbatara from other places

Barbatara lies about 25 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Twining Ganj, about 3.1 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 Barbatara
Nearest railway station Twining Ganj 3.1 km
Nearest town Dumraon 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Simri 12 km
District headquarters Buxar 25 km

Villages closest to Barbatara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barbatara village had a population of 485. That makes it the 61st largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,147 residents.

Barbatara village has 236 males and 249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barbatara has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 923.

Barbatara covers 94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barbatara falls under Simri tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barbatara is Twining Ganj, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Barbatara.

Barbatara is about 25 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barbatara is in Simri tehsil of Buxar district. Twining Ganj is about 3.1 km away. Dumraon is about 9.1 km away. Simri is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kathar (under 2 km), Bharathpa (2.0 km) and Diaman (3.2 km).

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

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