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About Barikota Village

Barikota is a mid sized village in Santrampur tehsil, in the district of Panch Mahals, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 523, made up of 284 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389260, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barikota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barikota village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Panch Mahals
Tehsil Santrampur
Pincode 389260
Area (hectares) 120.07 hectares
Population 523
Male Population 284
Female Population 239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barikota compares

By the 2011 count Barikota is the 115th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,627 residents. Its 120.07 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 956.

Getting to Barikota

Barikota is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barikota as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barikota from other places

Barikota lies about 68 km from Panch Mahals, and the nearest railway station is Jekot, about 61 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 Barikota
Tehsil headquarters Santrampur 27 km
Nearest town Sāgwāra 31 km
Nearest railway station Jekot 61 km
District headquarters Panch Mahals 68 km

Villages closest to Barikota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barikota village had a population of 523. That makes it the 115th largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,627 residents.

Barikota village has 284 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barikota has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Barikota is 389260. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barikota covers 120.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barikota falls under Santrampur tehsil of Panch Mahals district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Barikota is Jekot, about 61 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Barikota.

Barikota is about 68 km from Panch Mahals in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barikota is in Santrampur tehsil of Panch Mahals district. Santrampur is about 27 km away. Sāgwāra is about 31 km away. Jekot is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ambaliyat (6.4 km), Dahela (6.5 km) and Kotra (7.5 km).

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

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