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About Barampur Village

Barampur is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 290, made up of 143 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barampur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491557
Area (hectares) 183.68 hectares
Population 290
Male Population 143
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,028
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barampur compares

By the 2011 count Barampur is the 149th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 183.68 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

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 <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 Barampur from other places

Barampur 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 Barampur
Nearest railway station Paniajob 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 11 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 36 km

Villages closest to Barampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dongargarh 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 290. That makes it the 149th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Barampur village has 143 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barampur has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Barampur is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barampur covers 183.68 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.

Barampur falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barampur is Paniajob, about 7.1 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 Barampur.

Barampur 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.

Barampur is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Paniajob is about 7.1 km away. Dongargarh is about 11 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makkatola (under 2 km), Thakur Tola (2.0 km) and Govindpur (3.1 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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