About Barawadih Village

Barawadih is a mid sized village in Barachatti tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,886, made up of 1,059 males and 827 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 418 hectares hectares.

Barawadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barawadih village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Barachatti
Area (hectares)	418 hectares
Population	1,886
Male Population	1,059
Female Population	827
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	781
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 Barawadih compares

By the 2011 count Barawadih is the 18th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 418 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 971.

Getting to Barawadih

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

Barawadih lies about 35 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Paharpur, about 17 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 Barawadih
Nearest town	Bagaha	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barachatti	11 km
Nearest railway station	Paharpur	17 km
District headquarters	Gaya	35 km

Villages closest to Barawadih

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 Barawadih

As per the Census of India 2011, Barawadih village had a population of 1,886. That makes it the 18th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Barawadih village has 1,059 males and 827 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barawadih has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Barawadih covers 418 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barawadih falls under Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barawadih is Paharpur, about 17 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 Barawadih.

Barawadih is about 35 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barawadih is in Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district. Bagaha is about 6.5 km away. Barachatti is about 11 km away. Paharpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.