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About Tilaiya Kalan Village

Tilaiya Kalan is a mid sized village in Barachatti tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 737, made up of 382 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142 hectares hectares.

Tilaiya Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilaiya Kalan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Barachatti
Area (hectares) 142 hectares
Population 737
Male Population 382
Female Population 355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
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 Tilaiya Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Tilaiya Kalan is the 67th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 142 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Tilaiya Kalan

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

Tilaiya Kalan lies about 35 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 27 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 Tilaiya Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Barachatti 2.9 km
Nearest town Bagaha 9.0 km
Nearest railway station Bansinala Halt 27 km
District headquarters Gaya 35 km

Villages closest to Tilaiya Kalan

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.

Common questions about Tilaiya Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilaiya Kalan village had a population of 737. That makes it the 67th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Tilaiya Kalan village has 382 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilaiya Kalan has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Tilaiya Kalan covers 142 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tilaiya Kalan falls under Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Tilaiya Kalan is Bansinala Halt, about 27 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 Tilaiya Kalan.

Tilaiya Kalan 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.

Tilaiya Kalan is in Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district. Barachatti is about 2.9 km away. Bagaha is about 9.0 km away. Bansinala Halt is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tilaiya Khurd (under 2 km), Jahangira (under 2 km) and Darbar (under 2 km).

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

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