About Berahan Village

Berahan is a mid sized village in Baisa tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 675, made up of 352 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21 hectares hectares.

Berahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Berahan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Baisa
Area (hectares)	21 hectares
Population	675
Male Population	352
Female Population	323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Berahan compares

By the 2011 count Berahan is the 84th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents. Its 21 hectares work out to about 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Berahan

Berahan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Berahan as Available within 5 - 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 Berahan from other places

Berahan lies about 39 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Kanki, about 18 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 Berahan
Nearest railway station	Kanki	18 km
Nearest town	Arāria	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baisa	22 km
District headquarters	Purnia	39 km

Villages closest to Berahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Berahan village had a population of 675. That makes it the 84th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,641 residents.

Berahan village has 352 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Berahan has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 930.

Berahan covers 21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 32 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Berahan falls under Baisa tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Berahan is Kanki, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Berahan.

Berahan is about 39 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Berahan is in Baisa tehsil of Purnia district. Kanki is about 18 km away. Arāria is about 20 km away. Baisa is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.