About Bairma Village

Bairma is a large village in Rupauli tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,402, made up of 1,770 males and 1,632 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 664 hectares hectares.

Bairma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bairma village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Rupauli
Area (hectares)	664 hectares
Population	3,402
Male Population	1,770
Female Population	1,632
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bairma compares

By the 2011 count Bairma is the 26th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 5,449 residents. Its 664 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Bairma

Bairma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bairma 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bairma from other places

Bairma lies about 44 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Kursela, about 9.5 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 Bairma
Nearest railway station	Kursela	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rupauli	11 km
Nearest town	Naugachhia	14 km
District headquarters	Purnia	44 km

Villages closest to Bairma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bairma village had a population of 3,402. That makes it the 26th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,449 residents.

Bairma village has 1,770 males and 1,632 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bairma has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 909.

Bairma covers 664 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bairma falls under Rupauli tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bairma is Kursela, about 9.5 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 village for Bairma.

Bairma is about 44 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bairma is in Rupauli tehsil of Purnia district. Kursela is about 9.5 km away. Rupauli is about 11 km away. Naugachhia is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.