About Barbas Village

Barbas is a mid sized village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Mahrajganj, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 864, made up of 462 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.63 hectares hectares.

Barbas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barbas village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Mahrajganj
Tehsil	Maharajganj
Area (hectares)	180.63 hectares
Population	864
Male Population	462
Female Population	402
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	870
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 Barbas compares

By the 2011 count Barbas is the 343rd largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,521 residents. Its 180.63 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 955.

Getting to Barbas

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

Barbas lies about 41 km from Mahrajganj, and the nearest railway station is Rawat Ganj, about 8.7 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 Barbas
Nearest railway station	Rawat Ganj	8.7 km
Nearest town	Gorakhpur	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maharajganj	26 km
District headquarters	Mahrajganj	41 km

Villages closest to Barbas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barbas village had a population of 864. That makes it the 343rd largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,521 residents.

Barbas village has 462 males and 402 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barbas has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Barbas covers 180.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barbas falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Mahrajganj district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barbas is Rawat Ganj, about 8.7 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 Barbas.

Barbas is about 41 km from Mahrajganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barbas is in Maharajganj tehsil of Mahrajganj district. Rawat Ganj is about 8.7 km away. Gorakhpur is about 24 km away. Maharajganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.