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About Barekel Kala Village

Barekel Kala is a mid sized village in Jaijaipur tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,275, made up of 617 males and 658 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barekel Kala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barekel Kala village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Jaijaipur
Pincode 495119
Area (hectares) 350.62 hectares
Population 1,275
Male Population 617
Female Population 658
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,066
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barekel Kala compares

By the 2011 count Barekel Kala is the 50th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents. Its 350.62 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Barekel Kala

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

Barekel Kala lies about 40 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Sakti, about 25 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 Barekel Kala
Tehsil headquarters Jaijaipur 11 km
Nearest railway station Sakti 25 km
Nearest town Saktī 27 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 40 km

Villages closest to Barekel Kala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaijaipur 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 Barekel Kala

As per the Census of India 2011, Barekel Kala village had a population of 1,275. That makes it the 50th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents.

Barekel Kala village has 617 males and 658 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barekel Kala has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Barekel Kala is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barekel Kala covers 350.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barekel Kala falls under Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barekel Kala is Sakti, about 25 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 village for Barekel Kala.

Barekel Kala is about 40 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barekel Kala is in Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jaijaipur is about 11 km away. Sakti is about 25 km away. Saktī is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barekel Khurd (under 2 km), Bhatmahool (under 2 km) and Khairjhiti (under 2 km).

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

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