About Dharwa Village

Dharwa is a mid sized village in Barauli tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 763, made up of 406 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares.

Dharwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Barauli
Area (hectares)	133 hectares
Population	763
Male Population	406
Female Population	357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
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 Dharwa compares

By the 2011 count Dharwa is the 60th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,971 residents. Its 133 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 1028.

Getting to Dharwa

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

Dharwa lies about 14 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Ratan Sarai, about 5.6 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 Dharwa
Tehsil headquarters	Barauli	5.1 km
Nearest railway station	Ratan Sarai	5.6 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	14 km

Villages closest to Dharwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharwa village had a population of 763. That makes it the 60th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,971 residents.

Dharwa village has 406 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharwa has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1028.

Dharwa covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dharwa falls under Barauli tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Dharwa is Ratan Sarai, about 5.6 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 Dharwa.

Dharwa is about 14 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharwa is in Barauli tehsil of Gopalganj district. Barauli is about 5.1 km away. Ratan Sarai is about 5.6 km away. Gopalganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.