About Bhakhri Village

Bhakhri is a small village in Dagarua tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 140, made up of 78 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares.

Bhakhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhakhri village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Dagarua
Area (hectares)	49 hectares
Population	140
Male Population	78
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	795
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 Bhakhri compares

By the 2011 count Bhakhri is the 123rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Bhakhri

Bhakhri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhakhri 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 Bhakhri from other places

Bhakhri lies about 138 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Naya Nagar, about under 2 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 Bhakhri
Nearest railway station	Naya Nagar	under 2 km
Nearest town	Rosera	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dagarua	11 km
District headquarters	Purnia	138 km

Villages closest to Bhakhri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhakhri village had a population of 140. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents.

Bhakhri village has 78 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhakhri has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Bhakhri covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhakhri falls under Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bhakhri is Naya Nagar, about under 2 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 Bhakhri.

Bhakhri is about 138 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhakhri is in Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district. Naya Nagar is about under 2 km away. Rosera is about 6.8 km away. Dagarua is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.