About Barai Village

Barai is a mid sized village in Konch tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,334, made up of 707 males and 627 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152 hectares hectares.

Barai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barai village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Konch
Area (hectares)	152 hectares
Population	1,334
Male Population	707
Female Population	627
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
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 Barai compares

By the 2011 count Barai is the 54th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents. Its 152 hectares work out to about 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Barai

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

Barai lies about 140 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Barakalan, about 2.3 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 Barai
Nearest railway station	Barakalan	2.3 km
Nearest town	Buxar	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Konch	18 km
District headquarters	Gaya	140 km

Villages closest to Barai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barai village had a population of 1,334. That makes it the 54th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents.

Barai village has 707 males and 627 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barai has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 918.

Barai covers 152 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barai falls under Konch tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barai is Barakalan, about 2.3 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 Barai.

Barai is about 140 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barai is in Konch tehsil of Gaya district. Barakalan is about 2.3 km away. Buxar is about 14 km away. Konch is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.