About Behrawan Village

Behrawan is a large village in Punpun tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,174, made up of 1,672 males and 1,502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240 hectares hectares.

Behrawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behrawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Punpun
Area (hectares)	240 hectares
Population	3,174
Male Population	1,672
Female Population	1,502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Behrawan compares

By the 2011 count Behrawan is the 12th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents. Its 240 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Behrawan

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

Behrawan lies about 16 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Ganpura, about 5.0 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 Behrawan
Nearest railway station	Ganpura	5.0 km
Nearest town	Naubatpur	6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Punpun	7.4 km
District headquarters	Patna	16 km

Villages closest to Behrawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behrawan village had a population of 3,174. That makes it the 12th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents.

Behrawan village has 1,672 males and 1,502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behrawan has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Behrawan covers 240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Behrawan falls under Punpun tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Behrawan is Ganpura, about 5.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Behrawan.

Behrawan is about 16 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behrawan is in Punpun tehsil of Patna district. Ganpura is about 5.0 km away. Naubatpur is about 6.9 km away. Punpun is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.