About Behera Village

Behera is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 21 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816129
Area (hectares)	105.7 hectares
Population	35
Male Population	21
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Behera compares

By the 2011 count Behera is the 178th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 105.7 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Behera

Behera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Behera as Available within 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 Behera from other places

Behera lies about 25 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 4.4 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 Behera
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	7.7 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	14 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	25 km

Villages closest to Behera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behera village had a population of 35. That makes it the 178th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Behera village has 21 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behera has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Behera is 816129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behera covers 105.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behera falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Behera is Kalian Chak, about 4.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Behera.

Behera is about 25 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behera is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kalian Chak is about 4.4 km away. Taljhari is about 7.7 km away. Rājmahal is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.