About Barahara Village

Barahara is a mid sized village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 334 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.39 hectares hectares.

Barahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barahara village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	107.39 hectares
Population	619
Male Population	334
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
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 Barahara compares

By the 2011 count Barahara is the 318th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 107.39 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 993.

Getting to Barahara

Barahara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barahara 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 Barahara from other places

Barahara lies about 24 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 13 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 Barahara
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Maghar	13 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	18 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	24 km

Villages closest to Barahara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barahara village had a population of 619. That makes it the 318th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Barahara village has 334 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barahara has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Barahara covers 107.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barahara falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barahara is Maghar, about 13 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 Barahara.

Barahara is about 24 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barahara is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 7.4 km away. Maghar is about 13 km away. Khalīlābād is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.