About Birhar Village

Birhar is a large village in Ghatampur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,457, made up of 1,837 males and 1,620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 917.54 hectares hectares.

Birhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birhar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil	Ghatampur
Area (hectares)	917.54 hectares
Population	3,457
Male Population	1,837
Female Population	1,620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birhar compares

By the 2011 count Birhar is the 35th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents. Its 917.54 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Birhar

Birhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Birhar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Birhar from other places

Birhar lies about 37 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Karbigwan, about 16 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 Birhar
Nearest railway station	Karbigwan	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatampur	18 km
Nearest town	Ghātampur	18 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Nagar	37 km

Villages closest to Birhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birhar village had a population of 3,457. That makes it the 35th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents.

Birhar village has 1,837 males and 1,620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birhar has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

Birhar covers 917.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birhar falls under Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Birhar is Karbigwan, about 16 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 10+ km distance for Birhar.

Birhar is about 37 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birhar is in Ghatampur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Karbigwan is about 16 km away. Ghatampur is about 18 km away. Ghātampur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.