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About Biryai Village

Biryai is a mid sized village in Kumbhraj tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,572, made up of 838 males and 734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 869.25 hectares hectares.

Biryai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biryai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Kumbhraj
Area (hectares) 869.25 hectares
Population 1,572
Male Population 838
Female Population 734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
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 Biryai compares

By the 2011 count Biryai is the 9th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 670 residents. Its 869.25 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Biryai

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

Biryai lies about 32 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Raghogarh, about 10 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 Biryai
Nearest railway station Raghogarh 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Kumbhraj 12 km
Nearest town Rāghogarh 15 km
District headquarters Guna 32 km

Villages closest to Biryai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biryai village had a population of 1,572. That makes it the 9th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 670 residents.

Biryai village has 838 males and 734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biryai has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 902.

Biryai covers 869.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Biryai falls under Kumbhraj tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Biryai is Raghogarh, about 10 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 Biryai.

Biryai is about 32 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biryai is in Kumbhraj tehsil of Guna district. Raghogarh is about 10 km away. Kumbhraj is about 12 km away. Rāghogarh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampura (2.5 km), Khiriya Kherat (2.8 km) and Ganeshpura Kanthar (3.3 km).

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

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