About Behra Village

Behra is a small village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 383, made up of 190 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Goilkera
Pincode	833103
Area (hectares)	147.32 hectares
Population	383
Male Population	190
Female Population	193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
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 Behra compares

By the 2011 count Behra is the 79th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 147.32 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Behra

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

Behra lies about 39 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Derowan, about 8.7 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 Behra
Nearest railway station	Derowan	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goilkera	13 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	39 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	40 km

Villages closest to Behra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behra village had a population of 383. That makes it the 79th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Behra village has 190 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behra has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Behra is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behra covers 147.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behra falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Behra is Derowan, about 8.7 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 Behra.

Behra is about 39 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behra is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Derowan is about 8.7 km away. Goilkera is about 13 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.