About Birkol Village

Birkol is a mid sized village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,359, made up of 666 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birkol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birkol village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	492.35 hectares
Population	1,359
Male Population	666
Female Population	693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birkol compares

By the 2011 count Birkol is the 25th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 492.35 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Birkol

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

Birkol lies about 110 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 55 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 Birkol
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	14 km
Nearest railway station	Barpali	55 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	110 km

Villages closest to Birkol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birkol village had a population of 1,359. That makes it the 25th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Birkol village has 666 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birkol has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Birkol is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birkol covers 492.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birkol falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Birkol is Barpali, about 55 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 Birkol.

Birkol is about 110 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birkol is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 14 km away. Barpali is about 55 km away. Mahasamund is about 110 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.