About Birniyan Village

Birniyan is a large village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,364, made up of 1,258 males and 1,106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 368.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birniyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birniyan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Poreyahat
Pincode	814153
Area (hectares)	368.82 hectares
Population	2,364
Male Population	1,258
Female Population	1,106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birniyan compares

By the 2011 count Birniyan is the 15th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 368.82 hectares work out to about 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Birniyan

Birniyan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Birniyan as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Birniyan from other places

Birniyan lies about 7.7 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Behrajor, about 3.8 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 Birniyan
Nearest railway station	Behrajor	3.8 km
District headquarters	Godda	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poreyahat	12 km

Villages closest to Birniyan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birniyan village had a population of 2,364. That makes it the 15th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Birniyan village has 1,258 males and 1,106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birniyan has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Birniyan is 814153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birniyan covers 368.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Birniyan falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Birniyan is Behrajor, about 3.8 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 10+ km distance for Birniyan.

Birniyan is about 7.7 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birniyan is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district. Behrajor is about 3.8 km away. Godda is about 7.7 km away. Poreyahat is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.