About Barkona Village

Barkona is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 178, made up of 93 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493773, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkona village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	493773
Area (hectares)	57.21 hectares
Population	178
Male Population	93
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkona compares

By the 2011 count Barkona is the 201st largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 57.21 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Barkona

Barkona is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barkona 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 10+ 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 29 km from Dhamtari. 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
District headquarters	Dhamtari	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	30 km

Villages closest to Barkona

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkona village had a population of 178. That makes it the 201st largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Barkona village has 93 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkona has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Barkona is 493773. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkona covers 57.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkona falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Barkona notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Barkona is about 29 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkona is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Dhamtari is about 29 km away. Nagri is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.