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About Balua Bhawani Ray Village

Balua Bhawani Ray is a mid sized village in Jogapatti tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,678, made up of 906 males and 772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.7 hectares hectares.

Balua Bhawani Ray Overview

Census 2011 figures for Balua Bhawani Ray village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Jogapatti
Area (hectares) 75.7 hectares
Population 1,678
Male Population 906
Female Population 772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Balua Bhawani Ray compares

By the 2011 count Balua Bhawani Ray is the 50th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents. Its 75.7 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Balua Bhawani Ray

Balua Bhawani Ray is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Balua Bhawani Ray as Available within village. 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 Balua Bhawani Ray from other places

Balua Bhawani Ray lies about 15 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kumarbagh, about 18 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 Balua Bhawani Ray
Tehsil headquarters Jogapatti 2.1 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 15 km
Nearest railway station Kumarbagh 18 km
Nearest town Bettiah 20 km

Villages closest to Balua Bhawani Ray

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jogapatti 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 Balua Bhawani Ray

As per the Census of India 2011, Balua Bhawani Ray village had a population of 1,678. That makes it the 50th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,361 residents.

Balua Bhawani Ray village has 906 males and 772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Balua Bhawani Ray has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 899.

Balua Bhawani Ray covers 75.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Balua Bhawani Ray falls under Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Balua Bhawani Ray is Kumarbagh, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Balua Bhawani Ray.

Balua Bhawani Ray is about 15 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Balua Bhawani Ray is in Jogapatti tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Jogapatti is about 2.1 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 15 km away. Kumarbagh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balua Murat Ray (under 2 km), Pareagwa (under 2 km) and Rampurwa (under 2 km).

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

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