About Bakhri Village

Bakhri is a mid sized village in Mehsi tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,716, made up of 904 males and 812 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakhri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Mehsi
Pincode	845406
Area (hectares)	117.8 hectares
Population	1,716
Male Population	904
Female Population	812
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakhri compares

By the 2011 count Bakhri is the 30th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents. Its 117.8 hectares work out to about 15 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 903.

Getting to Bakhri

Bakhri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bakhri as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bakhri from other places

Bakhri lies about 23 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Sahasralingam, about 8.1 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 Bakhri
Nearest railway station	Sahasralingam	8.1 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mehsi	22 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	23 km

Villages closest to Bakhri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakhri village had a population of 1,716. That makes it the 30th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents.

Bakhri village has 904 males and 812 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakhri has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Bakhri is 845406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakhri covers 117.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bakhri falls under Mehsi tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bakhri is Sahasralingam, about 8.1 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bakhri.

Bakhri is about 23 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakhri is in Mehsi tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Sahasralingam is about 8.1 km away. Sāhibganj is about 15 km away. Mehsi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.