About Biji Hama Village

Biji Hama is a large village in Boniyar tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,346, made up of 1,228 males and 1,118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 450 hectares hectares.

Biji Hama Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biji Hama village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramula
Tehsil	Boniyar
Area (hectares)	450 hectares
Population	2,346
Male Population	1,228
Female Population	1,118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Biji Hama compares

By the 2011 count Biji Hama is the 10th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,395 residents. Its 450 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Biji Hama

Biji Hama is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Biji Hama as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Biji Hama from other places

Biji Hama lies about 24 km from Baramula. 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 Biji Hama
Tehsil headquarters	Boniyar	24 km
District headquarters	Baramula	24 km
Nearest town	Bāramūla	24 km

Villages closest to Biji Hama

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Boniyar 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 Biji Hama

As per the Census of India 2011, Biji Hama village had a population of 2,346. That makes it the 10th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,395 residents.

Biji Hama village has 1,228 males and 1,118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biji Hama has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 894.

Biji Hama covers 450 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Biji Hama falls under Boniyar tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Biji Hama.

Biji Hama is about 24 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biji Hama is in Boniyar tehsil of Baramula district. Boniyar is about 24 km away. Baramula is about 24 km away. Bāramūla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.