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About Porai Village

Porai is a mid sized village in Harnaut tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,736, made up of 897 males and 839 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143 hectares hectares.

Porai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porai village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Nalanda
Tehsil Harnaut
Area (hectares) 143 hectares
Population 1,736
Male Population 897
Female Population 839
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Porai compares

By the 2011 count Porai is the 33rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents. Its 143 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Porai

The census records public bus service for Porai as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porai from other places

Porai lies about 19 km from Nalanda. 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 Porai
Tehsil headquarters Harnaut under 2 km
Nearest town Bakhtiarpur 10 km
District headquarters Nalanda 19 km

Villages closest to Porai

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.

Common questions about Porai

As per the Census of India 2011, Porai village had a population of 1,736. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents.

Porai village has 897 males and 839 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porai has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 906.

Porai covers 143 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Porai falls under Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The census record for Porai notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Porai.

Porai is about 19 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porai is in Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district. Harnaut is about under 2 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 10 km away. Nalanda is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sabnahuar (under 2 km), Rupaspur (under 2 km) and Cheran (2.1 km).

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

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