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About Burhi Bawal Village

Burhi Bawal is a large village in Kotkasim tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,402, made up of 2,289 males and 2,113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 892.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 301707, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burhi Bawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burhi Bawal village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Kotkasim
Pincode 301707
Area (hectares) 892.54 hectares
Population 4,402
Male Population 2,289
Female Population 2,113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Burhi Bawal compares

By the 2011 count Burhi Bawal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents. Its 892.54 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Burhi Bawal

Burhi Bawal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Burhi Bawal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Burhi Bawal from other places

Burhi Bawal lies about 62 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Karnawas New Grain Market, about 18 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 Burhi Bawal
Tehsil headquarters Kotkasim 9.8 km
Nearest town Dhāruhera 12 km
Nearest railway station Karnawas New Grain Market 18 km
District headquarters Alwar 62 km

Villages closest to Burhi Bawal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotkasim 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 Burhi Bawal

As per the Census of India 2011, Burhi Bawal village had a population of 4,402. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,190 residents.

Burhi Bawal village has 2,289 males and 2,113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burhi Bawal has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Burhi Bawal is 301707. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burhi Bawal covers 892.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Burhi Bawal falls under Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Burhi Bawal is Karnawas New Grain Market, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Burhi Bawal.

Burhi Bawal is about 62 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burhi Bawal is in Kotkasim tehsil of Alwar district. Kotkasim is about 9.8 km away. Dhāruhera is about 12 km away. Karnawas New Grain Market is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaririwas (1.9 km), Kayampura Jokhawas (2.9 km) and Nasopur (3.2 km).

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

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