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About Biraili Village

Biraili is a mid sized village in Shahganj tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,654, made up of 866 males and 788 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 603.15 hectares hectares.

Biraili Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biraili village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Shahganj
Area (hectares) 603.15 hectares
Population 1,654
Male Population 866
Female Population 788
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 910
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Biraili compares

By the 2011 count Biraili is the 142nd largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents. Its 603.15 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Biraili

Biraili 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 Biraili as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Biraili from other places

Biraili lies about 46 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Koiripur, 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 Biraili
Nearest railway station Koiripur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahganj 25 km
Nearest town Shāhganj 25 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 46 km

Villages closest to Biraili

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biraili village had a population of 1,654. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 491 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,400 residents.

Biraili village has 866 males and 788 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biraili has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Biraili covers 603.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Biraili falls under Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Biraili is Koiripur, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Biraili.

Biraili is about 46 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biraili is in Shahganj tehsil of Jaunpur district. Koiripur is about 13 km away. Shahganj is about 25 km away. Shāhganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhaisauli (1.6 km), Surapur (2.3 km) and Ashokpur Khurd (2.9 km).

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

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