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About Barigawan Village

Barigawan is a small village in Bhabua tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 388, made up of 212 males and 176 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares.

Barigawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barigawan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kaimur
Tehsil Bhabua
Area (hectares) 78 hectares
Population 388
Male Population 212
Female Population 176
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 830
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 Barigawan compares

By the 2011 count Barigawan is the 158th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 917.

Getting to Barigawan

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

Barigawan lies about 93 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Muthani, about 6.4 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 Barigawan
Nearest railway station Muthani 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhabua 8.0 km
Nearest town Bhabhua 8.0 km
District headquarters Kaimur 93 km

Villages closest to Barigawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barigawan village had a population of 388. That makes it the 158th largest of the 199 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Barigawan village has 212 males and 176 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barigawan has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

Barigawan covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barigawan falls under Bhabua tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barigawan is Muthani, about 6.4 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 Barigawan.

Barigawan is about 93 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barigawan is in Bhabua tehsil of Kaimur district. Muthani is about 6.4 km away. Bhabua is about 8.0 km away. Bhabhua is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bharigawan (under 2 km), Birbhanpur (under 2 km) and Bare (under 2 km).

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

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