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About Birnagar Village

Birnagar is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 76, made up of 39 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birnagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birnagar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 814111
Area (hectares) 58.44 hectares
Population 76
Male Population 39
Female Population 37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Birnagar compares

By the 2011 count Birnagar is the 290th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 58.44 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1012.

Getting to Birnagar

Birnagar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Birnagar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Birnagar from other places

Birnagar lies about 26 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Murarai, about 13 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 Birnagar
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 6.9 km
Nearest railway station Murarai 13 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 17 km
District headquarters Pakur 26 km

Villages closest to Birnagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birnagar village had a population of 76. That makes it the 290th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Birnagar village has 39 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birnagar has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Birnagar is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birnagar covers 58.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Birnagar falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Birnagar is Murarai, about 13 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Birnagar.

Birnagar is about 26 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birnagar is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 6.9 km away. Murarai is about 13 km away. Nalhāti is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manikpur (under 2 km), Sonapur (under 2 km) and Sindri (under 2 km).

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

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