About Barail Village

Barail is a small village in Bharatpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 174 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 190.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barail village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Bharatpur
Pincode	497778
Area (hectares)	190.02 hectares
Population	321
Male Population	174
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barail compares

By the 2011 count Barail is the 106th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 512 residents. Its 190.02 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Barail

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

Barail lies about 138 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 22 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 Barail
Nearest town	Mungeli	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kalmitar	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bharatpur	23 km
District headquarters	Koriya	138 km

Villages closest to Barail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barail village had a population of 321. That makes it the 106th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 512 residents.

Barail village has 174 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barail has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Barail is 497778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barail covers 190.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barail falls under Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barail is Kalmitar, about 22 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 Barail.

Barail is about 138 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barail is in Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district. Mungeli is about 21 km away. Kalmitar is about 22 km away. Bharatpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.