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About Barampur Village

Barampur is a mid sized village in Khadganva tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,016, made up of 544 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barampur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Khadganva
Pincode 497449
Area (hectares) 472.61 hectares
Population 1,016
Male Population 544
Female Population 472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barampur compares

By the 2011 count Barampur is the 51st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents. Its 472.61 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Barampur

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

Barampur lies about 20 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Katora, about 27 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 Barampur
Tehsil headquarters Khadganva 20 km
District headquarters Koriya 20 km
Nearest town Baikunthpur 21 km
Nearest railway station Katora 27 km

Villages closest to Barampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barampur village had a population of 1,016. That makes it the 51st largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,135 residents.

Barampur village has 544 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barampur has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Barampur is 497449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barampur covers 472.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barampur falls under Khadganva tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barampur is Katora, about 27 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 Barampur.

Barampur is about 20 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barampur is in Khadganva tehsil of Koriya district. Khadganva is about 20 km away. Koriya is about 20 km away. Baikunthpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Piparbahara (8.6 km), Sarastal (13 km) and Amka (15 km).

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

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