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About Barangjor Village

Barangjor is a mid sized village in Kunkuri tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,496, made up of 711 males and 785 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,104 females per 1000 males. The village covers 937.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barangjor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barangjor village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Kunkuri
Pincode 496225
Area (hectares) 937.9 hectares
Population 1,496
Male Population 711
Female Population 785
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,104
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barangjor compares

By the 2011 count Barangjor is the 14th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 905 residents. Its 937.9 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 995.

Getting to Barangjor

Barangjor is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barangjor as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Barangjor from other places

Barangjor lies about 16 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Kanaroan, about 66 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 Barangjor
District headquarters Jashpur 16 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Kunkuri 34 km
Nearest railway station Kanaroan 66 km

Villages closest to Barangjor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barangjor village had a population of 1,496. That makes it the 14th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 905 residents.

Barangjor village has 711 males and 785 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barangjor has about 1104 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Barangjor is 496225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barangjor covers 937.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barangjor falls under Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barangjor is Kanaroan, about 66 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 <5 km distance for Barangjor.

Barangjor is about 16 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barangjor is in Kunkuri tehsil of Jashpur district. Jashpur is about 16 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 16 km away. Kunkuri is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Beharakhar (under 2 km), Charaikhara (under 2 km) and Charaimara (under 2 km).

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

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