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About Bairia Village

Bairia is a large village in Motihari tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,164, made up of 1,216 males and 948 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 780 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329 hectares hectares.

Bairia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bairia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Motihari
Area (hectares) 329 hectares
Population 2,164
Male Population 1,216
Female Population 948
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 780
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bairia compares

By the 2011 count Bairia is the 36th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents. Its 329 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Bairia

Bairia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bairia as Available within 10+ 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bairia from other places

Bairia lies about 11 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 2.6 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 Bairia
Nearest railway station Jiwdhara 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Motihari 5.5 km
Nearest town Mothīhāri 5.5 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 11 km

Villages closest to Bairia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bairia village had a population of 2,164. That makes it the 36th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,538 residents.

Bairia village has 1,216 males and 948 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bairia has about 780 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Bairia covers 329 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bairia falls under Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bairia is Jiwdhara, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bairia.

Bairia is about 11 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bairia is in Motihari tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Jiwdhara is about 2.6 km away. Motihari is about 5.5 km away. Mothīhāri is about 5.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dharmuhan (under 2 km), Fursatpur (under 2 km) and Bankat (1.6 km).

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

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