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About Barharwa Siwan Village

Barharwa Siwan is one of the larger villages in Dhaka tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,343, made up of 2,902 males and 2,441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 446 hectares hectares.

Barharwa Siwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barharwa Siwan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Dhaka
Area (hectares) 446 hectares
Population 5,343
Male Population 2,902
Female Population 2,441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 841
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barharwa Siwan compares

By the 2011 count Barharwa Siwan is the 15th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 4,526 residents. Its 446 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Barharwa Siwan

Barharwa Siwan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barharwa Siwan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Barharwa Siwan from other places

Barharwa Siwan lies about 14 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bapudham Motihari, 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 Barharwa Siwan
Nearest town Mothīhāri 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Bapudham Motihari 6.0 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhaka 21 km

Villages closest to Barharwa Siwan

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

Common questions about Barharwa Siwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Barharwa Siwan village had a population of 5,343. That makes it the 15th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,526 residents.

Barharwa Siwan village has 2,902 males and 2,441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barharwa Siwan has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Barharwa Siwan covers 446 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barharwa Siwan falls under Dhaka tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barharwa Siwan is Bapudham Motihari, about 6.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Barharwa Siwan.

Barharwa Siwan is about 14 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barharwa Siwan is in Dhaka tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Mothīhāri is about 5.6 km away. Bapudham Motihari is about 6.0 km away. Purba Champaran is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barharwa (under 2 km), Barharwa Lakhansen (under 2 km) and Malkauniya (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Barharwa Siwan today is likely to be higher.

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