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About Barrem Village

Barrem is a small village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 65 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barrem Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barrem village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 264.13 hectares
Population 131
Male Population 65
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barrem compares

By the 2011 count Barrem is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 264.13 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Barrem

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

Barrem lies about 22 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 17 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 Barrem
Nearest railway station Kirandul 17 km
Nearest town Bacheli 21 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 23 km

Villages closest to Barrem

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barrem village had a population of 131. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Barrem village has 65 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barrem has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Barrem is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barrem covers 264.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barrem falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barrem is Kirandul, about 17 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barrem.

Barrem is about 22 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barrem is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 17 km away. Bacheli is about 21 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lawa (2.0 km), Nilawaya (2.0 km) and Rewali (2.3 km).

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

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