About Baraur Village

Baraur is a mid sized village in Marwahi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 852 males and 905 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 605.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baraur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baraur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Marwahi
Pincode	495118
Area (hectares)	605.98 hectares
Population	1,757
Male Population	852
Female Population	905
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,062
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baraur compares

By the 2011 count Baraur is the 17th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 605.98 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Baraur

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

Baraur lies about 96 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Venkatnagar, about 8.8 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 Baraur
Nearest railway station	Venkatnagar	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marwahi	14 km
Nearest town	Pasān	26 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	96 km

Villages closest to Baraur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baraur village had a population of 1,757. That makes it the 17th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Baraur village has 852 males and 905 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baraur has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Baraur is 495118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baraur covers 605.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baraur falls under Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Baraur is Venkatnagar, about 8.8 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Baraur.

Baraur is about 96 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baraur is in Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Venkatnagar is about 8.8 km away. Marwahi is about 14 km away. Pasān is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.