About Barandih Village

Barandih is a mid sized village in Barachatti tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,428, made up of 758 males and 670 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 975 hectares hectares.

Barandih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barandih village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Barachatti
Area (hectares)	975 hectares
Population	1,428
Male Population	758
Female Population	670
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
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 Barandih compares

By the 2011 count Barandih is the 31st largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 975 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Barandih

Barandih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barandih 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 Barandih from other places

Barandih lies about 36 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Paharpur, about 16 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 Barandih
Nearest town	Bagaha	7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barachatti	12 km
Nearest railway station	Paharpur	16 km
District headquarters	Gaya	36 km

Villages closest to Barandih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barandih village had a population of 1,428. That makes it the 31st largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Barandih village has 758 males and 670 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barandih has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Barandih covers 975 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barandih falls under Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barandih is Paharpur, about 16 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 Barandih.

Barandih is about 36 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barandih is in Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district. Bagaha is about 7.8 km away. Barachatti is about 12 km away. Paharpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.