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About Barahi Village

Barahi is a large village in Sonbarsa tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,768, made up of 2,549 males and 2,219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.83 hectares hectares.

Barahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barahi village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saharsa
Tehsil Sonbarsa
Area (hectares) 413.83 hectares
Population 4,768
Male Population 2,549
Female Population 2,219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barahi compares

By the 2011 count Barahi is the 18th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,997 residents. Its 413.83 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Barahi

Barahi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barahi 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Amirta, Atlakha, Baisa and Baitha Masahri. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Barahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Barahi village had a population of 4,768. That makes it the 18th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,997 residents.

Barahi village has 2,549 males and 2,219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barahi has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Barahi covers 413.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barahi falls under Sonbarsa tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The census record for Barahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Barahi.

Barahi is in Sonbarsa tehsil of Saharsa district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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