About Barkai Village

Barkai is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 992, made up of 472 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Narharpur
Pincode	493118
Area (hectares)	271.88 hectares
Population	992
Male Population	472
Female Population	520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,102
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkai compares

By the 2011 count Barkai is the 42nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 271.88 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Barkai

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

Barkai lies about 50 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 50 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 Barkai
Tehsil headquarters	Narharpur	20 km
Nearest town	Kānker	23 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	50 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	50 km

Villages closest to Barkai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkai village had a population of 992. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Barkai village has 472 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkai has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Barkai is 493118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkai covers 271.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkai falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barkai is Dhamtari, about 50 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 Barkai.

Barkai is about 50 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkai is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 20 km away. Kānker is about 23 km away. Dhamtari is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.