About Bairiya Village

Bairiya is a large village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,937, made up of 1,559 males and 1,378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845416, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bairiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bairiya village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Chakia
Pincode	845416
Area (hectares)	301.2 hectares
Population	2,937
Male Population	1,559
Female Population	1,378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
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 Bairiya compares

By the 2011 count Bairiya is the 26th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,550 residents. Its 301.2 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Bairiya

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

Bairiya lies about 22 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Sahasralingam, about 9.9 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 Bairiya
Nearest railway station	Sahasralingam	9.9 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chakia	18 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	22 km

Villages closest to Bairiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bairiya village had a population of 2,937. That makes it the 26th largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,550 residents.

Bairiya village has 1,559 males and 1,378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bairiya has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Bairiya is 845416. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bairiya covers 301.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bairiya falls under Chakia tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bairiya is Sahasralingam, about 9.9 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 Bairiya.

Bairiya is about 22 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bairiya is in Chakia tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Sahasralingam is about 9.9 km away. Sāhibganj is about 17 km away. Chakia is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.