About Barahara Village

Barahara is a mid sized village in Bhorey tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,148, made up of 525 males and 623 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,187 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198.24 hectares hectares.

Barahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barahara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Bhorey
Area (hectares)	198.24 hectares
Population	1,148
Male Population	525
Female Population	623
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,187
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 Barahara compares

By the 2011 count Barahara is the 47th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents. Its 198.24 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1079.

Getting to Barahara

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

Barahara lies about 24 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Panchdeori Halt, about 5.7 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 Barahara
Nearest railway station	Panchdeori Halt	5.7 km
Nearest town	Kataiya	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhorey	24 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	24 km

Villages closest to Barahara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barahara village had a population of 1,148. That makes it the 47th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents.

Barahara village has 525 males and 623 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barahara has about 1187 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1079.

Barahara covers 198.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barahara falls under Bhorey tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barahara is Panchdeori Halt, about 5.7 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 Barahara.

Barahara is about 24 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barahara is in Bhorey tehsil of Gopalganj district. Panchdeori Halt is about 5.7 km away. Kataiya is about 14 km away. Bhorey is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.