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About Behera Khurd Village

Behera Khurd is a small village in Majhiaon tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 19, made up of 9 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behera Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behera Khurd village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Majhiaon
Pincode 822114
Area (hectares) 37 hectares
Population 19
Male Population 9
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,111
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Behera Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Behera Khurd is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents. Its 37 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 952.

Getting to Behera Khurd

Behera Khurd is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Behera Khurd as Available within <5 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 Behera Khurd from other places

Behera Khurd lies about 4.9 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 4.5 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 Behera Khurd
Nearest railway station Garwa 4.5 km
District headquarters Garhwa 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Majhiaon 18 km

Villages closest to Behera Khurd

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

Common questions about Behera Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Behera Khurd village had a population of 19. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,278 residents.

Behera Khurd village has 9 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behera Khurd has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Behera Khurd is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behera Khurd covers 37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behera Khurd falls under Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Behera Khurd is Garwa, about 4.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Behera Khurd.

Behera Khurd is about 4.9 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behera Khurd is in Majhiaon tehsil of Garhwa district. Garwa is about 4.5 km away. Garhwa is about 4.9 km away. Majhiaon is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaharsarai (16 km), Karkata (16 km) and Ledka (16 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Behera Khurd today is likely to be higher.

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