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About Baruna Village

Baruna is a mid sized village in Dinara tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 677, made up of 374 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177 hectares hectares.

Baruna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baruna village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Dinara
Area (hectares) 177 hectares
Population 677
Male Population 374
Female Population 303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 810
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baruna compares

By the 2011 count Baruna is the 105th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents. Its 177 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 938.

Getting to Baruna

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

How far is Baruna from other places

Baruna lies about 64 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Sanjhauli Halt, about 8.3 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 Baruna
Nearest town Nokha 8.0 km
Nearest railway station Sanjhauli Halt 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dinara 9.8 km
District headquarters Rohtas 64 km

Villages closest to Baruna

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 Baruna

As per the Census of India 2011, Baruna village had a population of 677. That makes it the 105th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents.

Baruna village has 374 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baruna has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Baruna covers 177 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baruna falls under Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Baruna is Sanjhauli Halt, about 8.3 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 - 10 km distance for Baruna.

Baruna is about 64 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baruna is in Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district. Nokha is about 8.0 km away. Sanjhauli Halt is about 8.3 km away. Dinara is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bairipur (under 2 km), Bhelari Purwari (under 2 km) and Karmaini (2.0 km).

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

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