About Birhni Village

Birhni is a small village in Peshrar tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 234 males and 235 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 674.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birhni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birhni village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Peshrar
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	674.87 hectares
Population	469
Male Population	234
Female Population	235
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,004
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 Birhni compares

By the 2011 count Birhni is the 21st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 425 residents. Its 674.87 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

Getting to Birhni

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

Birhni lies about 14 km from Lohardaga. 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 Birhni
District headquarters	Lohardaga	14 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Peshrar	22 km

Villages closest to Birhni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birhni village had a population of 469. That makes it the 21st largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

Birhni village has 234 males and 235 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birhni has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Birhni is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birhni covers 674.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Birhni falls under Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Birhni notes the nearest railway station 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 Birhni.

Birhni is about 14 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birhni is in Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district. Lohardaga is about 14 km away. Lohārdagā is about 14 km away. Peshrar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.