About Birejhar Village

Birejhar is a mid sized village in Rajnandgaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,066, made up of 509 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 296.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birejhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birejhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Rajnandgaon
Pincode	491441
Area (hectares)	296.19 hectares
Population	1,066
Male Population	509
Female Population	557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birejhar compares

By the 2011 count Birejhar is the 74th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents. Its 296.19 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

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 10+ km distance. 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 17 km from Rajnandgaon, 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
Nearest town	Durg	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnandgaon	17 km

Villages closest to Birejhar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajnandgaon 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 1,066. That makes it the 74th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,242 residents.

Birejhar village has 509 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birejhar has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Birejhar is 491441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birejhar covers 296.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birejhar falls under Rajnandgaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon 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 10+ km distance for Birejhar.

Birejhar is about 17 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birejhar is in Rajnandgaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Murhipar is about 2.2 km away. Durg is about 11 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.