About Birhu Village

Birhu is a mid sized village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 826, made up of 406 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birhu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birhu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Simaria
Pincode	825103
Area (hectares)	471 hectares
Population	826
Male Population	406
Female Population	420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birhu compares

By the 2011 count Birhu is the 52nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 471 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Birhu

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

Birhu lies about 40 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kansar Nawadah, about 12 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 Birhu
Nearest railway station	Kansar Nawadah	12 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simaria	26 km
District headquarters	Chatra	40 km

Villages closest to Birhu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birhu village had a population of 826. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Birhu village has 406 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birhu has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Birhu is 825103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birhu covers 471 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Birhu falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Birhu is Kansar Nawadah, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Birhu.

Birhu is about 40 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birhu is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Kansar Nawadah is about 12 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 18 km away. Simaria is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.