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About Behachia Village

Behachia is a mid sized village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 788, made up of 411 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.2 hectares hectares.

Behachia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behachia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Gobindpur
Area (hectares) 209.2 hectares
Population 788
Male Population 411
Female Population 377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Behachia compares

By the 2011 count Behachia is the 93rd largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents. Its 209.2 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Behachia

Behachia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Behachia as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Barjora, Barmeshia, Baromesia and Barpichhri Kariatanr. 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 Behachia

As per the Census of India 2011, Behachia village had a population of 788. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,027 residents.

Behachia village has 411 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behachia has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 946.

Behachia covers 209.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behachia falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Behachia notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Behachia.

Behachia is in Gobindpur tehsil of Dhanbad 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 Behachia today is likely to be higher.

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