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About Barui Village

Barui is a mid sized village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,238, made up of 655 males and 583 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265 hectares hectares.

Barui Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barui village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Rohtas
Tehsil Sasaram
Area (hectares) 265 hectares
Population 1,238
Male Population 655
Female Population 583
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
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 Barui compares

By the 2011 count Barui is the 61st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 265 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Barui

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

Barui lies about 31 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Sasaram Junction, about 7.7 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 Barui
Tehsil headquarters Sasaram 7.0 km
Nearest town Sasarām 7.0 km
Nearest railway station Sasaram Junction 7.7 km
District headquarters Rohtas 31 km

Villages closest to Barui

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barui village had a population of 1,238. That makes it the 61st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Barui village has 655 males and 583 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barui has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Barui covers 265 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barui falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barui is Sasaram Junction, about 7.7 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 Barui.

Barui is about 31 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barui is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Sasaram is about 7.0 km away. Sasarām is about 7.0 km away. Sasaram Junction is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusri (under 2 km), Sakas (under 2 km) and Babura (under 2 km).

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

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