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About Motipahari Bara Village

Motipahari Bara is a large village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,644, made up of 1,388 males and 1,256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 487 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Motipahari Bara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Motipahari Bara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Pincode 816120
Area (hectares) 487 hectares
Population 2,644
Male Population 1,388
Female Population 1,256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Motipahari Bara compares

By the 2011 count Motipahari Bara is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 487 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Motipahari Bara

Motipahari Bara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Motipahari Bara 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Motipahari Bara from other places

Motipahari Bara lies about 26 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 20 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 Motipahari Bara
Tehsil headquarters Borio 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Kalian Chak 20 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 26 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 26 km

Villages closest to Motipahari Bara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Borio 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 Motipahari Bara

As per the Census of India 2011, Motipahari Bara village had a population of 2,644. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Motipahari Bara village has 1,388 males and 1,256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Motipahari Bara has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Motipahari Bara is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Motipahari Bara covers 487 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Motipahari Bara falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Motipahari Bara is Kalian Chak, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Motipahari Bara.

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

Motipahari Bara is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 5.3 km away. Kalian Chak is about 20 km away. Sahibganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajan (under 2 km), Simaljori (under 2 km) and Bhalsumiya (under 2 km).

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

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