About Besra Village

Besra is a mid sized village in Bariyatu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,149, made up of 594 males and 555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 948.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Besra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Besra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Bariyatu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	948.99 hectares
Population	1,149
Male Population	594
Female Population	555
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
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 Besra compares

By the 2011 count Besra is the 22nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 948.99 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Besra

Besra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Besra 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 Besra from other places

Besra lies about 8.1 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Demu, about 10 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 Besra
Tehsil headquarters	Bariyatu	8.1 km
District headquarters	Latehar	8.1 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Demu	10 km

Villages closest to Besra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Besra village had a population of 1,149. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Besra village has 594 males and 555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Besra has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Besra is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Besra covers 948.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Besra falls under Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Besra is Demu, about 10 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 Besra.

Besra is about 8.1 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Besra is in Bariyatu tehsil of Latehar district. Bariyatu is about 8.1 km away. Latehar is about 8.1 km away. Lātehār is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.