About Barua Village

Barua is a mid sized village in Dariapur tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,497, made up of 816 males and 681 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212 hectares hectares.

Barua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Dariapur
Area (hectares)	212 hectares
Population	1,497
Male Population	816
Female Population	681
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barua compares

By the 2011 count Barua is the 68th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,956 residents. Its 212 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Barua

Barua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barua as Available within 5 - 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 Barua from other places

Barua lies about 83 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Garhani, about 12 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 Barua
Nearest town	Arwal	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Garhani	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dariapur	24 km
District headquarters	Saran	83 km

Villages closest to Barua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barua village had a population of 1,497. That makes it the 68th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,956 residents.

Barua village has 816 males and 681 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barua has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Barua covers 212 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barua falls under Dariapur tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barua is Garhani, about 12 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 village for Barua.

Barua is about 83 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barua is in Dariapur tehsil of Saran district. Arwal is about 9.6 km away. Garhani is about 12 km away. Dariapur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.