About Porabari Village

Porabari is a small village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 121, made up of 63 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35 hectares hectares.

Porabari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porabari village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Balrampur
Area (hectares)	35 hectares
Population	121
Male Population	63
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Porabari compares

By the 2011 count Porabari is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents. Its 35 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Porabari

Porabari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Porabari as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porabari from other places

Porabari lies about 49 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Dalkhola, about 6.6 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 Porabari
Nearest railway station	Dalkhola	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balrampur	14 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	27 km
District headquarters	Katihar	49 km

Villages closest to Porabari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Porabari village had a population of 121. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,238 residents.

Porabari village has 63 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porabari has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Porabari covers 35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porabari falls under Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Porabari is Dalkhola, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Porabari.

Porabari is about 49 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porabari is in Balrampur tehsil of Katihar district. Dalkhola is about 6.6 km away. Balrampur is about 14 km away. Kishanganj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.