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About Petbharia Village

Petbharia is a small village in Kuchaikote tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 360, made up of 205 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 756 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.37 hectares hectares.

Petbharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petbharia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Kuchaikote
Area (hectares) 93.37 hectares
Population 360
Male Population 205
Female Population 155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 756
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Petbharia compares

By the 2011 count Petbharia is the 186th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 93.37 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 1025.

Getting to Petbharia

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

How far is Petbharia from other places

Petbharia lies about 20 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Jalalpur, about 2.8 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 Petbharia
Nearest railway station Jalalpur 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuchaikote 20 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 20 km
Nearest town Gopālganj 20 km

Villages closest to Petbharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Petbharia village had a population of 360. That makes it the 186th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Petbharia village has 205 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petbharia has about 756 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Petbharia covers 93.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Petbharia falls under Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Petbharia is Jalalpur, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Petbharia.

Petbharia is about 20 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petbharia is in Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district. Jalalpur is about 2.8 km away. Kuchaikote is about 20 km away. Gopalganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belwari Patti (under 2 km), Barwa Khurd (under 2 km) and Barwa Birt (under 2 km).

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

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