About Birejhar Village

Birejhar is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,414, made up of 735 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birejhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birejhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	491001
Area (hectares)	465.76 hectares
Population	1,414
Male Population	735
Female Population	679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birejhar compares

By the 2011 count Birejhar is the 47th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 465.76 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Birejhar

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

Birejhar lies about 11 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 2.2 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 Birejhar
Nearest railway station	Murhipar	2.2 km
District headquarters	Durg	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	34 km

Villages closest to Birejhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birejhar village had a population of 1,414. That makes it the 47th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Birejhar village has 735 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birejhar has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Birejhar is 491001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birejhar covers 465.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birejhar falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Birejhar is Murhipar, about 2.2 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 Birejhar.

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

Birejhar is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Murhipar is about 2.2 km away. Durg is about 11 km away. Dhamdha is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.