About Baja Bigha Village

Baja Bigha is a mid sized village in Tan Kuppa tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 597, made up of 317 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares.

Baja Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baja Bigha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Tan Kuppa
Area (hectares)	42 hectares
Population	597
Male Population	317
Female Population	280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baja Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Baja Bigha is the 65th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Baja Bigha

Baja Bigha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baja Bigha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Baja Bigha from other places

Baja Bigha lies about 16 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Tankuppa, about under 2 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 Baja Bigha
Nearest railway station	Tankuppa	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tan Kuppa	1.5 km
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	14 km
District headquarters	Gaya	16 km

Villages closest to Baja Bigha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tan Kuppa 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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Baja Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Baja Bigha village had a population of 597. That makes it the 65th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents.

Baja Bigha village has 317 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baja Bigha has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Baja Bigha covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Baja Bigha falls under Tan Kuppa tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Baja Bigha is Tankuppa, about under 2 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 10+ km distance for Baja Bigha.

Baja Bigha is about 16 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baja Bigha is in Tan Kuppa tehsil of Gaya district. Tankuppa is about under 2 km away. Tan Kuppa is about 1.5 km away. Bodh Gaya is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.