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About Barar Village

Barar is a large village in Mohammadabad tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,052, made up of 1,057 males and 995 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.77 hectares hectares.

Barar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Mohammadabad
Area (hectares) 97.77 hectares
Population 2,052
Male Population 1,057
Female Population 995
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Barar compares

By the 2011 count Barar is the 101st largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents. Its 97.77 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Barar

Barar 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 Barar as Available. 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 Barar from other places

Barar lies about 15 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Shahbaz Kuli, about 8.9 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 Barar
Nearest railway station Shahbaz Kuli 8.9 km
Nearest town Muhammadābād 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohammadabad 15 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 15 km

Villages closest to Barar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barar village had a population of 2,052. That makes it the 101st largest of the 806 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,019 residents.

Barar village has 1,057 males and 995 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barar has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Barar covers 97.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Barar falls under Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barar is Shahbaz Kuli, about 8.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Barar.

Barar is about 15 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barar is in Mohammadabad tehsil of Ghazipur district. Shahbaz Kuli is about 8.9 km away. Muhammadābād is about 15 km away. Mohammadabad is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Janupur (under 2 km), Sanupur (under 2 km) and Haiderpur (under 2 km).

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

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