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About Behera Village

Behera is a mid sized village in Tundi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,294, made up of 688 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.26 hectares hectares.

Behera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behera village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Tundi
Area (hectares) 162.26 hectares
Population 1,294
Male Population 688
Female Population 606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Behera compares

By the 2011 count Behera is the 15th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 162.26 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Behera

Behera is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Behera as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bariarpur, Baroatanr, Barwatanr and Basaha. 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 Behera

As per the Census of India 2011, Behera village had a population of 1,294. That makes it the 15th largest of the 182 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Behera village has 688 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behera has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Behera covers 162.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Behera falls under Tundi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Behera.

Behera is in Tundi 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 Behera today is likely to be higher.

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