About Barapokhar Village

Barapokhar is a mid sized village in Pothia tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,593, made up of 870 males and 723 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.43 hectares hectares.

Barapokhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barapokhar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Pothia
Area (hectares)	146.43 hectares
Population	1,593
Male Population	870
Female Population	723
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	831
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 Barapokhar compares

By the 2011 count Barapokhar is the 54th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents. Its 146.43 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Barapokhar

Barapokhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barapokhar 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. The nearest villages by name are Bagrani, Bakhonala, Baksa and Banasi. 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.

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Common questions about Barapokhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Barapokhar village had a population of 1,593. That makes it the 54th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,919 residents.

Barapokhar village has 870 males and 723 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barapokhar has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Barapokhar covers 146.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barapokhar falls under Pothia tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The census record for Barapokhar notes the nearest railway station 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 Barapokhar.

Barapokhar 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.