About Bharsia Village

Bharsia is one of the larger villages in Falka tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,232, made up of 3,233 males and 2,999 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374 hectares hectares.

Bharsia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharsia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Falka
Area (hectares)	374 hectares
Population	6,232
Male Population	3,233
Female Population	2,999
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	928
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharsia compares

By the 2011 count Bharsia is the 9th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,840 residents. Its 374 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Bharsia

Bharsia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bharsia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bharsia from other places

Bharsia lies about 26 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Bakhri, about 13 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 Bharsia
Tehsil headquarters	Falka	5.4 km
Nearest railway station	Bakhri	13 km
Nearest town	Purnia	23 km
District headquarters	Katihar	26 km

Villages closest to Bharsia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharsia village had a population of 6,232. That makes it the 9th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,840 residents.

Bharsia village has 3,233 males and 2,999 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharsia has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Bharsia covers 374 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bharsia falls under Falka tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bharsia is Bakhri, about 13 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 village for Bharsia.

Bharsia is about 26 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharsia is in Falka tehsil of Katihar district. Falka is about 5.4 km away. Bakhri is about 13 km away. Purnia is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.