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About Bihar Village

Bihar is a mid sized village in Chakarnagar tehsil, in the district of Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,074, made up of 604 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 778 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.17 hectares hectares.

Bihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bihar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Etawah
Tehsil Chakarnagar
Area (hectares) 485.17 hectares
Population 1,074
Male Population 604
Female Population 470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 778
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Bihar compares

By the 2011 count Bihar is the 50th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents. Its 485.17 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 847.

Getting to Bihar

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

How far is Bihar from other places

Bihar lies about 37 km from Etawah, and the nearest railway station is Bhartana, about 31 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 Bihar
Tehsil headquarters Chakarnagar 14 km
Nearest railway station Bhartana 31 km
Nearest town Bharthana 31 km
District headquarters Etawah 37 km

Villages closest to Bihar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bihar village had a population of 1,074. That makes it the 50th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,398 residents.

Bihar village has 604 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bihar has about 778 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 847.

Bihar covers 485.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bihar falls under Chakarnagar tehsil of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bihar is Bhartana, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Bihar.

Bihar is about 37 km from Etawah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bihar is in Chakarnagar tehsil of Etawah district. Chakarnagar is about 14 km away. Bhartana is about 31 km away. Bharthana is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ritaur Ke Maraiya (1.6 km), Katrauli (2.0 km) and Patharra (2.6 km).

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

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