About Barwa Kalan Village

Barwa Kalan is a large village in Ghorasahan tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,967, made up of 2,620 males and 2,347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 493 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barwa Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwa Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Ghorasahan
Pincode	845303
Area (hectares)	493 hectares
Population	4,967
Male Population	2,620
Female Population	2,347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Barwa Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Barwa Kalan is the 17th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents. Its 493 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Barwa Kalan

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

Barwa Kalan lies about 22 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Chauradano, about 10 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 Barwa Kalan
Nearest railway station	Chauradano	10 km
Nearest town	Mothīhāri	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorasahan	16 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	22 km

Villages closest to Barwa Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghorasahan 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 Barwa Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwa Kalan village had a population of 4,967. That makes it the 17th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents.

Barwa Kalan village has 2,620 males and 2,347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwa Kalan has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

The pincode recorded for Barwa Kalan is 845303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barwa Kalan covers 493 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barwa Kalan falls under Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barwa Kalan is Chauradano, about 10 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 Barwa Kalan.

Barwa Kalan 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.

Barwa Kalan is in Ghorasahan tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Chauradano is about 10 km away. Mothīhāri is about 14 km away. Ghorasahan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.