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About Bisi Kalan Village

Bisi Kalan is a large village in Dinara tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,570, made up of 1,338 males and 1,232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239 hectares hectares.

Bisi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bisi Kalan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Dinara
Area (hectares) 239 hectares
Population 2,570
Male Population 1,338
Female Population 1,232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bisi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bisi Kalan is the 16th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents. Its 239 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Bisi Kalan

Bisi Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bisi Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Bisi Kalan from other places

Bisi Kalan lies about 83 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Shaheed Baba Parav Halt, about 22 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 Bisi Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Dinara 13 km
Nearest town Bikramganj 22 km
Nearest railway station Shaheed Baba Parav Halt 22 km
District headquarters Rohtas 83 km

Villages closest to Bisi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dinara 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 Bisi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bisi Kalan village had a population of 2,570. That makes it the 16th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents.

Bisi Kalan village has 1,338 males and 1,232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bisi Kalan has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Bisi Kalan covers 239 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bisi Kalan falls under Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bisi Kalan is Shaheed Baba Parav Halt, about 22 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 <5 km distance for Bisi Kalan.

Bisi Kalan is about 83 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bisi Kalan is in Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district. Dinara is about 13 km away. Bikramganj is about 22 km away. Shaheed Baba Parav Halt is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bisi Khurd (under 2 km), Chorpokhar English (1.6 km) and Koraria (1.6 km).

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

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