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About Barbari Village

Barbari is a small village in Baska tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 467, made up of 272 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 717 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.35 hectares hectares.

Barbari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barbari village
Description Value
State Assam
District Baksa
Tehsil Baska
Area (hectares) 168.35 hectares
Population 467
Male Population 272
Female Population 195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 717
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barbari compares

By the 2011 count Barbari is the 79th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents. Its 168.35 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 981.

Getting to Barbari

Barbari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barbari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Barbari from other places

Barbari lies about 28 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Sorupeta, about 7.2 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 Barbari
Nearest railway station Sorupeta 7.2 km
Nearest town Barpeta Road 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Baska 28 km
District headquarters Baksa 28 km

Villages closest to Barbari

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

Common questions about Barbari

As per the Census of India 2011, Barbari village had a population of 467. That makes it the 79th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,466 residents.

Barbari village has 272 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barbari has about 717 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Barbari covers 168.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barbari falls under Baska tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Barbari is Sorupeta, about 7.2 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 village for Barbari.

Barbari is about 28 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barbari is in Baska tehsil of Baksa district. Sorupeta is about 7.2 km away. Barpeta Road is about 14 km away. Baska is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jogdala (18 km), Matipur (19 km) and Banbari (19 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Barbari today is likely to be higher.

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