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About Birsi Village

Birsi is a mid sized village in Amgaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,920, made up of 941 males and 979 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346 hectares hectares.

Birsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birsi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Amgaon
Area (hectares) 346 hectares
Population 1,920
Male Population 941
Female Population 979
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Birsi compares

By the 2011 count Birsi is the 21st largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,406 residents. Its 346 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Birsi

Birsi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Birsi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Birsi from other places

Birsi lies about 22 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about under 2 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 Birsi
Nearest railway station Amgaon under 2 km
District headquarters Gondiya 22 km
Nearest town Gondiā 22 km

Villages closest to Birsi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birsi village had a population of 1,920. That makes it the 21st largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,406 residents.

Birsi village has 941 males and 979 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birsi has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Birsi covers 346 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birsi falls under Amgaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Birsi is Amgaon, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Birsi.

Birsi is about 22 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birsi is in Amgaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Amgaon is about under 2 km away. Gondiya is about 22 km away. Gondiā is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumbhartoli (under 2 km), Jamkhari (under 2 km) and Nangtola (under 2 km).

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

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