About Barhai Bigha Village

Barhai Bigha is a mid sized village in Hilsa tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,560, made up of 827 males and 733 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares.

Barhai Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhai Bigha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Hilsa
Area (hectares)	96 hectares
Population	1,560
Male Population	827
Female Population	733
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
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 Barhai Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Barhai Bigha is the 32nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents. Its 96 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, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Barhai Bigha

Barhai Bigha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barhai Bigha 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 Barhai Bigha from other places

Barhai Bigha lies about 26 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Hilsa, about 10 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 Barhai Bigha
Nearest railway station	Hilsa	10 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	26 km

Villages closest to Barhai Bigha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hilsa 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 Barhai Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhai Bigha village had a population of 1,560. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents.

Barhai Bigha village has 827 males and 733 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhai Bigha has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Barhai Bigha covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Barhai Bigha falls under Hilsa tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barhai Bigha is Hilsa, about 10 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 Barhai Bigha.

Barhai Bigha is about 26 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhai Bigha is in Hilsa tehsil of Nalanda district. Hilsa is about 10 km away. Nalanda is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.