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About Barkona Village

Barkona is one of the larger villages in Dhamdaha tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,185, made up of 3,296 males and 2,889 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1097 hectares hectares.

Barkona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkona village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Dhamdaha
Area (hectares) 1097 hectares
Population 6,185
Male Population 3,296
Female Population 2,889
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barkona compares

By the 2011 count Barkona is the 11th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents. Its 1097 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Barkona

Barkona is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barkona 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barkona from other places

Barkona lies about 15 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Kirtyanand Nagar, about 9.8 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 Barkona
Nearest railway station Kirtyanand Nagar 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdaha 14 km
District headquarters Purnia 15 km

Villages closest to Barkona

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkona village had a population of 6,185. That makes it the 11th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,178 residents.

Barkona village has 3,296 males and 2,889 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkona has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 913.

Barkona covers 1097 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkona falls under Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Barkona is Kirtyanand Nagar, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barkona.

Barkona is about 15 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkona is in Dhamdaha tehsil of Purnia district. Kirtyanand Nagar is about 9.8 km away. Dhamdaha is about 14 km away. Purnia is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barkona Milik (under 2 km), Dumaria (2.1 km) and Dumaria Chakla (3.0 km).

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

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