About Baraya Village

Baraya is a small village in Campierganj tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 230 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.01 hectares hectares.

Baraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baraya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Campierganj
Area (hectares)	47.01 hectares
Population	424
Male Population	230
Female Population	194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Baraya compares

By the 2011 count Baraya is the 168th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents. Its 47.01 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Baraya

Baraya 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 Baraya as Available within village. 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 Baraya from other places

Baraya lies about 6.8 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Gorakhpur Junction, about 6.2 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 Baraya
Nearest railway station	Gorakhpur Junction	6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Campierganj	6.8 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	6.8 km

Villages closest to Baraya

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

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Common questions about Baraya

As per the Census of India 2011, Baraya village had a population of 424. That makes it the 168th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents.

Baraya village has 230 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baraya has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Baraya covers 47.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Baraya falls under Campierganj tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baraya is Gorakhpur Junction, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Baraya is about 6.8 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baraya is in Campierganj tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Gorakhpur Junction is about 6.2 km away. Campierganj is about 6.8 km away. Gorakhpur is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.