About Barwa Village

Barwa is a large village in Mainatanr tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,690, made up of 1,972 males and 1,718 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433 hectares hectares.

Barwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Mainatanr
Area (hectares)	433 hectares
Population	3,690
Male Population	1,972
Female Population	1,718
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barwa compares

By the 2011 count Barwa is the 13th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,059 residents. Its 433 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Barwa

Barwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barwa as Available within 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 Barwa from other places

Barwa lies about 24 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Majhowalia, about 7.1 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 Barwa
Nearest railway station	Majhowalia	7.1 km
Nearest town	Sagauli	13 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mainatanr	26 km

Villages closest to Barwa

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.

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Common questions about Barwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwa village had a population of 3,690. That makes it the 13th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,059 residents.

Barwa village has 1,972 males and 1,718 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwa has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Barwa covers 433 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Barwa is Majhowalia, about 7.1 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barwa.

Barwa is about 24 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwa is in Mainatanr tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Majhowalia is about 7.1 km away. Sagauli is about 13 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.