About Bhawanipur Village

Bhawanipur is a mid sized village in Barari tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,675, made up of 898 males and 777 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1686.3 hectares hectares.

Bhawanipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhawanipur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Barari
Area (hectares)	1686.3 hectares
Population	1,675
Male Population	898
Female Population	777
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	865
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhawanipur compares

By the 2011 count Bhawanipur is the 31st largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 6,044 residents. Its 1686.3 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Bhawanipur

Bhawanipur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bhawanipur as Available within 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 Bhawanipur from other places

Bhawanipur lies about 16 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Kumaripur, about 11 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 Bhawanipur
Nearest railway station	Kumaripur	11 km
Nearest town	Manihāri	14 km
District headquarters	Katihar	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barari	17 km

Villages closest to Bhawanipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhawanipur village had a population of 1,675. That makes it the 31st largest of the 44 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,044 residents.

Bhawanipur village has 898 males and 777 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhawanipur has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Bhawanipur covers 1686.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhawanipur falls under Barari tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bhawanipur is Kumaripur, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bhawanipur.

Bhawanipur is about 16 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhawanipur is in Barari tehsil of Katihar district. Kumaripur is about 11 km away. Manihāri is about 14 km away. Katihar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.