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About Burhai Village

Burhai is a mid sized village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,275, made up of 676 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.16 hectares hectares.

Burhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burhai village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Maudaha
Area (hectares) 395.16 hectares
Population 1,275
Male Population 676
Female Population 599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Burhai compares

By the 2011 count Burhai is the 89th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 395.16 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Burhai

Burhai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Burhai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Bihuni Kalan, Bihuni Khurd, Bilpura Tarf Binwar and Bilpura Tarf Umri. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Burhai

As per the Census of India 2011, Burhai village had a population of 1,275. That makes it the 89th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Burhai village has 676 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burhai has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 859.

Burhai covers 395.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Burhai falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Burhai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Burhai.

Burhai is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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