About Bahera Village

Bahera is a small village in Hussainabad tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 187, made up of 100 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bahera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bahera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Hussainabad
Pincode	822116
Area (hectares)	34.01 hectares
Population	187
Male Population	100
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 Bahera compares

By the 2011 count Bahera is the 121st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 34.01 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Bahera

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

Bahera lies about 12 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Jarangdih, about 5.2 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 Bahera
Nearest town	Jāridih	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jarangdih	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hussainabad	12 km
District headquarters	Palamu	12 km

Villages closest to Bahera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bahera village had a population of 187. That makes it the 121st largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Bahera village has 100 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bahera has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Bahera is 822116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bahera covers 34.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bahera falls under Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bahera is Jarangdih, about 5.2 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 Bahera.

Bahera is about 12 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bahera is in Hussainabad tehsil of Palamu district. Jāridih is about 4.6 km away. Jarangdih is about 5.2 km away. Hussainabad is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.