About Barchhepal Village

Barchhepal is a small village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 68 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,368 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barchhepal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barchhepal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	142.13 hectares
Population	161
Male Population	68
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,368
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barchhepal compares

By the 2011 count Barchhepal is the 74th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 142.13 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Barchhepal

Barchhepal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barchhepal as Available. 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 Barchhepal from other places

Barchhepal lies about 31 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dilmili, about 5.2 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 Barchhepal
Nearest railway station	Dilmili	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	15 km
District headquarters	Bastar	31 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	34 km

Villages closest to Barchhepal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barchhepal village had a population of 161. That makes it the 74th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Barchhepal village has 68 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barchhepal has about 1368 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Barchhepal is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barchhepal covers 142.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barchhepal falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barchhepal is Dilmili, about 5.2 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barchhepal.

Barchhepal is about 31 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barchhepal is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Dilmili is about 5.2 km away. Lohandiguda is about 15 km away. Bastar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.