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About Beharai Village

Beharai is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,973, made up of 969 males and 1,004 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431.02 hectares hectares.

Beharai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beharai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 431.02 hectares
Population 1,973
Male Population 969
Female Population 1,004
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Beharai compares

By the 2011 count Beharai is the 24th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 431.02 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Beharai

Beharai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Beharai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Beharai from other places

Beharai lies about 7.1 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Garra, about 5.5 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 Beharai
Nearest railway station Garra 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 7.1 km
District headquarters Balaghat 7.1 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 7.1 km

Villages closest to Beharai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Beharai village had a population of 1,973. That makes it the 24th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Beharai village has 969 males and 1,004 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beharai has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Beharai covers 431.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Beharai falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Beharai is Garra, about 5.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Beharai.

Beharai is about 7.1 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beharai is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Garra is about 5.5 km away. Lalbarra is about 7.1 km away. Balaghat is about 7.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhatera (1.7 km), Lawada (1.8 km) and Kanki (2.0 km).

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

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