About Bharwar Village

Bharwar is a mid sized village in Mahishi tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,532, made up of 817 males and 715 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharwar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Mahishi
Pincode	852216
Area (hectares)	97.12 hectares
Population	1,532
Male Population	817
Female Population	715
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharwar compares

By the 2011 count Bharwar is the 40th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents. Its 97.12 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Bharwar

Bharwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bharwar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bharwar from other places

Bharwar lies about 11 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Saharsa Junction, 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 Bharwar
Nearest town	Bangaon	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahishi	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Saharsa Junction	11 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	11 km

Villages closest to Bharwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharwar village had a population of 1,532. That makes it the 40th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,876 residents.

Bharwar village has 817 males and 715 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharwar has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Bharwar is 852216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharwar covers 97.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bharwar falls under Mahishi tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bharwar is Saharsa Junction, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bharwar.

Bharwar is about 11 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharwar is in Mahishi tehsil of Saharsa district. Bangaon is about 3.9 km away. Mahishi is about 4.8 km away. Saharsa Junction is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.