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About Barna Village

Barna is a small village in Harraiya tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 88 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.62 hectares hectares.

Barna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barna village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Harraiya
Area (hectares) 41.62 hectares
Population 170
Male Population 88
Female Population 82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barna compares

By the 2011 count Barna is the 1106th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 641 residents. Its 41.62 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Barna

Barna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Barna from other places

Barna lies about 45 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Campierganj, 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 Barna
Nearest town Mehndāwal 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Campierganj 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Harraiya 26 km
District headquarters Basti 45 km

Villages closest to Barna

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 Barna

As per the Census of India 2011, Barna village had a population of 170. That makes it the 1106th largest of the 1332 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 641 residents.

Barna village has 88 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barna has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 965.

Barna covers 41.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Barna is Campierganj, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Barna.

Barna is about 45 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barna is in Harraiya tehsil of Basti district. Mehndāwal is about 4.6 km away. Campierganj is about 18 km away. Harraiya is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarauna (under 2 km), Muniyanva Kalan (under 2 km) and Karnai (2.8 km).

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

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