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About Burha Burhi Village

Burha Burhi is a small village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 135, made up of 74 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burha Burhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burha Burhi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Dumaria
Pincode 824206
Area (hectares) 367 hectares
Population 135
Male Population 74
Female Population 61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 824
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 Burha Burhi compares

By the 2011 count Burha Burhi is the 101st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,161 residents. Its 367 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 931.

Getting to Burha Burhi

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

Burha Burhi lies about 92 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 29 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 Burha Burhi
Tehsil headquarters Dumaria 24 km
Nearest railway station Kajri 29 km
Nearest town Medininagar 35 km
District headquarters Gaya 92 km

Villages closest to Burha Burhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumaria 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 Burha Burhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Burha Burhi village had a population of 135. That makes it the 101st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,161 residents.

Burha Burhi village has 74 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burha Burhi has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Burha Burhi is 824206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burha Burhi covers 367 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Burha Burhi falls under Dumaria tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Burha Burhi is Kajri, about 29 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 Burha Burhi.

Burha Burhi is about 92 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burha Burhi is in Dumaria tehsil of Gaya district. Dumaria is about 24 km away. Kajri is about 29 km away. Medininagar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nabigarh (15 km), Chak Tikri (16 km) and Lon Chak (16 km).

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

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