About Barma Village

Barma is a large village in Gurua tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,482, made up of 1,314 males and 1,168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147 hectares hectares.

Barma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barma village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Gurua
Area (hectares)	147 hectares
Population	2,482
Male Population	1,314
Female Population	1,168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	889
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 Barma compares

By the 2011 count Barma is the 11th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents. Its 147 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Barma

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

Barma lies about 27 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 18 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 Barma
Tehsil headquarters	Gurua	3.7 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	18 km
District headquarters	Gaya	27 km

Villages closest to Barma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barma village had a population of 2,482. That makes it the 11th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents.

Barma village has 1,314 males and 1,168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barma has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Barma covers 147 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Barma falls under Gurua tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barma is Guraru, about 18 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 Barma.

Barma is about 27 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barma is in Gurua tehsil of Gaya district. Gurua is about 3.7 km away. Sherghāti is about 9.6 km away. Guraru is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.