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About Barehi Village

Barehi is a small village in Katiya tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 170 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares.

Barehi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barehi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Katiya
Area (hectares) 55 hectares
Population 319
Male Population 170
Female Population 149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barehi compares

By the 2011 count Barehi is the 85th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 1114.

Getting to Barehi

Barehi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barehi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barehi from other places

Barehi lies about 32 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Panchdeori Halt, about 6.1 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 Barehi
Nearest railway station Panchdeori Halt 6.1 km
Nearest town Kataiya 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Katiya 32 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 32 km

Villages closest to Barehi

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

Common questions about Barehi

As per the Census of India 2011, Barehi village had a population of 319. That makes it the 85th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents.

Barehi village has 170 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barehi has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1114.

Barehi covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barehi falls under Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barehi is Panchdeori Halt, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Barehi.

Barehi is about 32 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barehi is in Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district. Panchdeori Halt is about 6.1 km away. Kataiya is about 6.6 km away. Katiya is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belwa Dube (under 2 km), Patkhauli (under 2 km) and Kolhuar Bagahi (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Barehi today is likely to be higher.

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