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About Barun Village

Barun is a mid sized village in Beldaur tehsil, in the district of Khagaria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,389, made up of 738 males and 651 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533 hectares hectares.

Barun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barun village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Khagaria
Tehsil Beldaur
Area (hectares) 533 hectares
Population 1,389
Male Population 738
Female Population 651
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barun compares

By the 2011 count Barun is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 7,040 residents. Its 533 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Barun

Barun is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barun 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barun from other places

Barun lies about 34 km from Khagaria, and the nearest railway station is Bharat Khand, about 9.4 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 Barun
Nearest railway station Bharat Khand 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Beldaur 12 km
Nearest town Gogri Jamālpur 17 km
District headquarters Khagaria 34 km

Villages closest to Barun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barun village had a population of 1,389. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 7,040 residents.

Barun village has 738 males and 651 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barun has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

Barun covers 533 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barun falls under Beldaur tehsil of Khagaria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barun is Bharat Khand, about 9.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barun.

Barun is about 34 km from Khagaria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barun is in Beldaur tehsil of Khagaria district. Bharat Khand is about 9.4 km away. Beldaur is about 12 km away. Gogri Jamālpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Itmadi (2.0 km), Chorhli (4.9 km) and Dudraja (6.3 km).

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

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