 It covers 8,877 hectares of which 56% of the land is utilized for housing, industry and agriculture.As at 2009, the population of Bercham was 150,000  that would be about 20% of the Ipoh's population of 702,464 in the same year.A short drive to the end of the town near to Taman Ramai, lies two unexplored tourist attractions - Gunung Bercham (Kuan Yin Hill) and a Thai Buddhist temple.