About Burhawal Village

Burhawal is a large village in Karakat tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,914, made up of 2,607 males and 2,307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 291 hectares hectares.

Burhawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burhawal village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Karakat
Area (hectares)	291 hectares
Population	4,914
Male Population	2,607
Female Population	2,307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Burhawal compares

By the 2011 count Burhawal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,623 residents. Its 291 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Burhawal

Burhawal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Burhawal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Burhawal from other places

Burhawal lies about 68 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Ghusia Kalan Halt, about 11 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 Burhawal
Tehsil headquarters	Karakat	7.7 km
Nearest town	Nāsriganj	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Ghusia Kalan Halt	11 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	68 km

Villages closest to Burhawal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Burhawal village had a population of 4,914. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,623 residents.

Burhawal village has 2,607 males and 2,307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burhawal has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Burhawal covers 291 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Burhawal falls under Karakat tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Burhawal is Ghusia Kalan Halt, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Burhawal.

Burhawal is about 68 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burhawal is in Karakat tehsil of Rohtas district. Karakat is about 7.7 km away. Nāsriganj is about 7.9 km away. Ghusia Kalan Halt is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.