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About Barwa Khurd Village

Barwa Khurd is a large village in Ghorasahan tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,154, made up of 2,219 males and 1,935 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348 hectares hectares.

Barwa Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwa Khurd village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Ghorasahan
Area (hectares) 348 hectares
Population 4,154
Male Population 2,219
Female Population 1,935
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barwa Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Barwa Khurd is the 21st largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents. Its 348 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Barwa Khurd

The census records public bus service for Barwa Khurd as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barwa Khurd from other places

Barwa Khurd 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 Khurd
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 Khurd

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.

Common questions about Barwa Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwa Khurd village had a population of 4,154. That makes it the 21st largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 6,726 residents.

Barwa Khurd village has 2,219 males and 1,935 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwa Khurd has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Barwa Khurd covers 348 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Barwa Khurd is Chauradano, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barwa Khurd.

Barwa Khurd 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 Khurd 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.

The closest recorded villages are Barwa Kalan (under 2 km), Siripur Urf Bhagwanpur (6.8 km) and Bishunpur (8.3 km).

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

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