About Barua Village

Barua is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 94 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 242405, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barua village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shahjahanpur
Tehsil	Powayan
Pincode	242405
Area (hectares)	53.25 hectares
Population	170
Male Population	94
Female Population	76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	809
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 Barua compares

By the 2011 count Barua is the 567th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 53.25 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 894.

Getting to Barua

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

Barua lies about 14 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Bahadurpur, about 3.6 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 Barua
Nearest railway station	Bahadurpur	3.6 km
Nearest town	Tilhar	6.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Powayan	14 km
District headquarters	Shahjahanpur	14 km

Villages closest to Barua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barua village had a population of 170. That makes it the 567th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Barua village has 94 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barua has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Barua is 242405. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barua covers 53.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barua falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barua is Bahadurpur, about 3.6 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 Barua.

Barua is about 14 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barua is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Bahadurpur is about 3.6 km away. Tilhar is about 6.0 km away. Powayan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.