About Burhwa Village

Burhwa is a mid sized village in Banjaria tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,453, made up of 765 males and 688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.8 hectares hectares.

Burhwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burhwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Banjaria
Area (hectares)	206.8 hectares
Population	1,453
Male Population	765
Female Population	688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Burhwa compares

By the 2011 count Burhwa is the 22nd largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,504 residents. Its 206.8 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Burhwa

Burhwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Burhwa as Available within 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 Burhwa from other places

Burhwa lies about 98 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Ramkola, about 9.6 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 Burhwa
Nearest town	Kushinagar	9.5 km
Nearest railway station	Ramkola	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Banjaria	25 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	98 km

Villages closest to Burhwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Burhwa village had a population of 1,453. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,504 residents.

Burhwa village has 765 males and 688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burhwa has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

Burhwa covers 206.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Burhwa falls under Banjaria tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Burhwa is Ramkola, about 9.6 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 10+ km distance for Burhwa.

Burhwa is about 98 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burhwa is in Banjaria tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Kushinagar is about 9.5 km away. Ramkola is about 9.6 km away. Banjaria is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.