About Bain Village

Bain is a mid sized village in Gidhaur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 361 males and 361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 430 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bain village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Gidhaur
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	430 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	361
Female Population	361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bain compares

By the 2011 count Bain is the 18th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents. Its 430 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Bain

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

Bain lies about 27 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 7.9 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 Bain
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gidhaur	11 km
District headquarters	Chatra	27 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	27 km

Villages closest to Bain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bain village had a population of 722. That makes it the 18th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents.

Bain village has 361 males and 361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bain has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Bain is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bain covers 430 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bain falls under Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bain is Katkamsandi, about 7.9 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bain.

Bain is about 27 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bain is in Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district. Katkamsandi is about 7.9 km away. Gidhaur is about 11 km away. Chatra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.