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Also known as Barhiya

Barahiya is a town and nagar parishad in Lakhisarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has a total population of 43,032. It lies on the southern bank of the river Ganges, about 116.8 km east of Patna

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Place details

Locality
Barhiya
Region
Bihar
Country
India
Population
43,045
Timezone
Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name
Barahiya
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Bihar#India3
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Bihar, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Bihar
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Division
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Munger
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Lakhisarai
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_total
43032
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.demographics_type1
Language
Settlement.demographics1_title1
Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1
Hindi

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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Demographics
  • Transport
  • Notable people
  • References

Barahiya is a town and nagar parishad in Lakhisarai district in the Indian state of Bihar. It has a total population of 43,032. It lies on the southern bank of the river Ganges, about 116.8 km east of Patna

==Demographics== As of 2011 Indian Census, Barahiya had a total population of 43,032, of which 22,817 were males and 20,215 were females, with a sex ratio of 886. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 6,706. The total number of literates in Barahiya was 26,746, which constituted 62.2% of the population with male literacy of 67.4% and female literacy of 56.2%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Barahiya was 73.6%, of which male literacy rate was 80.1% and female literacy rate was 66.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 4,185 and 28 respectively. Barahiya had 6893 households in 2011.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Barahiya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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