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About Bakhri Village

Bakhri is a mid sized village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,319, made up of 670 males and 649 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306 hectares hectares.

Bakhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakhri village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Gaunaha
Area (hectares) 306 hectares
Population 1,319
Male Population 670
Female Population 649
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bakhri compares

By the 2011 count Bakhri is the 48th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 306 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Bakhri

Bakhri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bakhri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bakhri from other places

Bakhri lies about 34 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 6.8 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 Bakhri
Nearest railway station Bhitiharwa Ashram 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Gaunaha 6.9 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 19 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 34 km

Villages closest to Bakhri

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 Bakhri

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakhri village had a population of 1,319. That makes it the 48th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Bakhri village has 670 males and 649 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakhri has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Bakhri covers 306 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bakhri is Bhitiharwa Ashram, about 6.8 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 village for Bakhri.

Bakhri is about 34 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakhri is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Bhitiharwa Ashram is about 6.8 km away. Gaunaha is about 6.9 km away. Rāmnagar 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 Bijaypur (under 2 km), Mandiha (1.6 km) and Kachkahar (1.7 km).

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

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