About Birnawan Village

Birnawan is a mid sized village in Konch tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,315, made up of 715 males and 600 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares.

Birnawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birnawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Konch
Area (hectares)	231 hectares
Population	1,315
Male Population	715
Female Population	600
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	839
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birnawan compares

By the 2011 count Birnawan is the 56th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 918.

Getting to Birnawan

Birnawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Birnawan as Available within village. 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 Birnawan from other places

Birnawan lies about 113 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Sanjhauli Halt, about 24 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 Birnawan
Tehsil headquarters	Konch	17 km
Nearest town	Nokha	23 km
Nearest railway station	Sanjhauli Halt	24 km
District headquarters	Gaya	113 km

Villages closest to Birnawan

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 Birnawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Birnawan village had a population of 1,315. That makes it the 56th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,614 residents.

Birnawan village has 715 males and 600 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birnawan has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Birnawan covers 231 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birnawan falls under Konch tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Birnawan is Sanjhauli Halt, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Birnawan.

Birnawan is about 113 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birnawan is in Konch tehsil of Gaya district. Konch is about 17 km away. Nokha is about 23 km away. Sanjhauli Halt is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.