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About Bajra Village

Bajra is a large village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,200, made up of 1,201 males and 999 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 448 hectares hectares.

Bajra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bajra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Gaunaha
Area (hectares) 448 hectares
Population 2,200
Male Population 1,201
Female Population 999
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 832
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bajra compares

By the 2011 count Bajra is the 18th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 448 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Bajra

Bajra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bajra as Available within village. 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 Bajra from other places

Bajra lies about 25 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Amolwa, about 7.7 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 Bajra
Nearest railway station Amolwa 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Gaunaha 11 km
Nearest town Narkatiāganj 14 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 25 km

Villages closest to Bajra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bajra village had a population of 2,200. That makes it the 18th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Bajra village has 1,201 males and 999 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bajra has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Bajra covers 448 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bajra falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bajra is Amolwa, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bajra.

Bajra is about 25 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bajra is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Amolwa is about 7.7 km away. Gaunaha is about 11 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dih Jagarnathpur (1.9 km), Harkatwa (2.5 km) and Kharkatwa (2.5 km).

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

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