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About Bairia Village

Bairia is a mid sized village in Mainatanr tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 512, made up of 286 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 790 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.4 hectares hectares.

Bairia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bairia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Mainatanr
Area (hectares) 138.4 hectares
Population 512
Male Population 286
Female Population 226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 790
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bairia compares

By the 2011 count Bairia is the 84th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,059 residents. Its 138.4 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 916.

Getting to Bairia

Bairia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bairia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bairia from other places

Bairia lies about 34 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bhikhna Thori, about 8.0 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 Bairia
Nearest railway station Bhikhna Thori 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Mainatanr 19 km
Nearest town Narkatiāganj 22 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 34 km

Villages closest to Bairia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bairia village had a population of 512. That makes it the 84th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,059 residents.

Bairia village has 286 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bairia has about 790 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Bairia covers 138.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bairia falls under Mainatanr tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bairia is Bhikhna Thori, about 8.0 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 10+ km distance for Bairia.

Bairia 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.

Bairia is in Mainatanr tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Bhikhna Thori is about 8.0 km away. Mainatanr is about 19 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Puraina (under 2 km), Manpur (2.9 km) and Chakarsen (3.0 km).

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

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