About Behra Village

Behra is one of the larger villages in Sikta tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,733, made up of 6,707 males and 6,026 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 782.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Sikta
Pincode	845307
Area (hectares)	782.38 hectares
Population	12,733
Male Population	6,707
Female Population	6,026
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
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 Behra compares

By the 2011 count Behra is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents. Its 782.38 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Behra

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

Behra lies about 17 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Purushottampur Halt, about 6.0 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 Behra
Nearest railway station	Purushottampur Halt	6.0 km
Nearest town	Chanpatia	10 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sikta	25 km

Villages closest to Behra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behra village had a population of 12,733. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents.

Behra village has 6,707 males and 6,026 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behra has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Behra is 845307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behra covers 782.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Behra falls under Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Behra is Purushottampur Halt, about 6.0 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 Behra.

Behra is about 17 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behra is in Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Purushottampur Halt is about 6.0 km away. Chanpatia is about 10 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.