About Barahua Village

Barahua is a large village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,057, made up of 1,619 males and 1,438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.89 hectares hectares.

Barahua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barahua village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	93.89 hectares
Population	3,057
Male Population	1,619
Female Population	1,438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barahua compares

By the 2011 count Barahua is the 23rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 93.89 hectares work out to about 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Barahua

Barahua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barahua 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barahua from other places

Barahua lies about 7.6 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Jagatbela, about 4.1 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 Barahua
Nearest railway station	Jagatbela	4.1 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	9.2 km

Villages closest to Barahua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barahua village had a population of 3,057. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Barahua village has 1,619 males and 1,438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barahua has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Barahua covers 93.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 33 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Barahua is Jagatbela, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Barahua.

Barahua is about 7.6 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barahua is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Jagatbela is about 4.1 km away. Gorakhpur is about 7.6 km away. Sahjanwa is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.