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About Barpalia Village

Barpalia is a mid sized village in Guthani tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,844, made up of 913 males and 931 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190 hectares hectares.

Barpalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barpalia village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Guthani
Area (hectares) 190 hectares
Population 1,844
Male Population 913
Female Population 931
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Barpalia compares

By the 2011 count Barpalia is the 18th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 190 hectares work out to about 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Barpalia

Barpalia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barpalia 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barpalia from other places

Barpalia lies about 30 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Mairwa, about 13 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 Barpalia
Nearest town Sikandarpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Mairwa 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Guthani 30 km
District headquarters Siwan 30 km

Villages closest to Barpalia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barpalia village had a population of 1,844. That makes it the 18th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Barpalia village has 913 males and 931 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barpalia has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Barpalia covers 190 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barpalia falls under Guthani tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barpalia is Mairwa, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Barpalia.

Barpalia is about 30 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barpalia is in Guthani tehsil of Siwan district. Sikandarpur is about 11 km away. Mairwa is about 13 km away. Guthani is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deuria (under 2 km), Kishunpura (under 2 km) and Khirauli (under 2 km).

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

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