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About Barab Kahunia Village

Barab Kahunia is a large village in Pothia tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,635, made up of 1,344 males and 1,291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.06 hectares hectares.

Barab Kahunia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barab Kahunia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kishanganj
Tehsil Pothia
Area (hectares) 461.06 hectares
Population 2,635
Male Population 1,344
Female Population 1,291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barab Kahunia compares

By the 2011 count Barab Kahunia is the 32nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents. Its 461.06 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Barab Kahunia

Barab Kahunia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barab Kahunia 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bagalbari Milik Arazi, Bagrani, Bakhonala and Baksa. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Barab Kahunia

As per the Census of India 2011, Barab Kahunia village had a population of 2,635. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents.

Barab Kahunia village has 1,344 males and 1,291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barab Kahunia has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Barab Kahunia covers 461.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barab Kahunia falls under Pothia tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The census record for Barab Kahunia notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Barab Kahunia.

Barab Kahunia is in Pothia tehsil of Kishanganj district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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