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About Baraijot Village

Baraijot is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 184 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.02 hectares hectares.

Baraijot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baraijot village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Area (hectares) 13.02 hectares
Population 339
Male Population 184
Female Population 155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Baraijot compares

By the 2011 count Baraijot is the 849th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 13.02 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Baraijot

Baraijot 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 Baraijot as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baraijot from other places

Baraijot lies about 69 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Anand Nagar Junction, 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 Baraijot
Nearest railway station Anand Nagar Junction 3.7 km
Nearest town Mehndāwal 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Harraiya 29 km
District headquarters Basti 69 km

Villages closest to Baraijot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baraijot village had a population of 339. That makes it the 849th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Baraijot village has 184 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baraijot has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Baraijot covers 13.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Baraijot falls under Harraiya tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baraijot is Anand Nagar Junction, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Baraijot is about 69 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baraijot is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Anand Nagar Junction is about 3.7 km away. Mehndāwal is about 25 km away. Harraiya is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barhani (under 2 km), Niyamatpur (2.8 km) and Nand Nagar (3.1 km).

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

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