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About Bair Gachhi Village

Bair Gachhi is a small village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 313, made up of 160 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 956 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares.

Bair Gachhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bair Gachhi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Kadwa
Area (hectares) 170 hectares
Population 313
Male Population 160
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 956
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 Bair Gachhi compares

By the 2011 count Bair Gachhi is the 163rd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Bair Gachhi

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

Bair Gachhi lies about 66 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Araria Court, about 7.2 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 Bair Gachhi
Nearest town Arāria 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Araria Court 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kadwa 15 km
District headquarters Katihar 66 km

Villages closest to Bair Gachhi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kadwa 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 Bair Gachhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Bair Gachhi village had a population of 313. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Bair Gachhi village has 160 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bair Gachhi has about 956 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 921.

Bair Gachhi covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bair Gachhi falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bair Gachhi is Araria Court, about 7.2 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 Bair Gachhi.

Bair Gachhi is about 66 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bair Gachhi is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Arāria is about 2.5 km away. Araria Court is about 7.2 km away. Kadwa is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Minapur (1.9 km), Satbhita (2.2 km) and Malikpur (3.6 km).

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

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