About Barhapur Village

Barhapur is a small village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 12 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barhapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	494230
Area (hectares)	133.79 hectares
Population	20
Male Population	12
Female Population	8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barhapur compares

By the 2011 count Barhapur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 133.79 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 1005.

Getting to Barhapur

Barhapur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barhapur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barhapur from other places

Barhapur lies about 36 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 7.1 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 Barhapur
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	7.1 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	24 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	36 km

Villages closest to Barhapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhapur village had a population of 20. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Barhapur village has 12 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhapur has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Barhapur is 494230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barhapur covers 133.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barhapur falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barhapur is Paniajob, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Barhapur.

Barhapur is about 36 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhapur is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Paniajob is about 7.1 km away. Dongargarh is about 11 km away. Dongargaon is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.