About Behra Village

Behra is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 93 males and 68 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 731 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Pincode	816115
Area (hectares)	101.59 hectares
Population	161
Male Population	93
Female Population	68
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	731
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 Behra compares

By the 2011 count Behra is the 99th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 101.59 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 Behra

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

Behra lies about 11 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 3.7 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	Karanpurato	3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	9.7 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	11 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	11 km

Villages closest to Behra

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 Behra

As per the Census of India 2011, Behra village had a population of 161. That makes it the 99th largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Behra village has 93 males and 68 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behra has about 731 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 Behra is 816115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behra covers 101.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behra falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Behra is Karanpurato, about 3.7 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 Behra.

Behra is about 11 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behra is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 3.7 km away. Taljhari is about 9.7 km away. Sahibganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.