About Bafniwan Village

Bafniwan is a large village in Harnaut tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,237, made up of 1,179 males and 1,058 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares.

Bafniwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bafniwan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Harnaut
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	2,237
Male Population	1,179
Female Population	1,058
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bafniwan compares

By the 2011 count Bafniwan is the 26th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Bafniwan

Bafniwan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bafniwan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bafniwan from other places

Bafniwan lies about 23 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Harnaut, about 7.4 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 Bafniwan
Nearest railway station	Harnaut	7.4 km
Nearest town	Bakhtiarpur	15 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	23 km

Villages closest to Bafniwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bafniwan village had a population of 2,237. That makes it the 26th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents.

Bafniwan village has 1,179 males and 1,058 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bafniwan has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

Bafniwan covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bafniwan falls under Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bafniwan is Harnaut, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Bafniwan.

Bafniwan is about 23 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bafniwan is in Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district. Harnaut is about 7.4 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 15 km away. Nalanda is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.