About Barahkurwa Village

Barahkurwa is a small village in Amas tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 417, made up of 224 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares.

Barahkurwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barahkurwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Amas
Area (hectares)	57 hectares
Population	417
Male Population	224
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Barahkurwa compares

By the 2011 count Barahkurwa is the 64th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Barahkurwa

Barahkurwa is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barahkurwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barahkurwa from other places

Barahkurwa lies about 40 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Ismailpur, about 31 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 Barahkurwa
Nearest town	Sherghāti	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Amas	13 km
Nearest railway station	Ismailpur	31 km
District headquarters	Gaya	40 km

Villages closest to Barahkurwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barahkurwa village had a population of 417. That makes it the 64th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Barahkurwa village has 224 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barahkurwa has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Barahkurwa covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barahkurwa falls under Amas tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barahkurwa is Ismailpur, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barahkurwa.

Barahkurwa is about 40 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barahkurwa is in Amas tehsil of Gaya district. Sherghāti is about 6.7 km away. Amas is about 13 km away. Ismailpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.