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About Barour Village

Barour is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 228, made up of 120 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129 hectares hectares.

Barour Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barour village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 129 hectares
Population 228
Male Population 120
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Barour compares

By the 2011 count Barour is the 247th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 129 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Barour

Barour 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 Barour as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. The nearest villages by name are Bargahan, Bargo, Barhni and Barna Tikar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Barour

As per the Census of India 2011, Barour village had a population of 228. That makes it the 247th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Barour village has 120 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barour has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Barour covers 129 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barour falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Barour notes the nearest railway station as Available.

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

Barour is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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