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About Barkatabad Village

Barkatabad is a large village in Bahadurgarh tehsil, in the district of Jhajjar, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,282, made up of 2,340 males and 1,942 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 841 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 124507, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkatabad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkatabad village
Description Value
State Haryana
District Jhajjar
Tehsil Bahadurgarh
Pincode 124507
Area (hectares) 841 hectares
Population 4,282
Male Population 2,340
Female Population 1,942
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 830
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barkatabad compares

By the 2011 count Barkatabad is the 20th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,768 residents. Its 841 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 832.

Getting to Barkatabad

Barkatabad 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 Barkatabad 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 Barkatabad from other places

Barkatabad lies about 25 km from Jhajjar, and the nearest railway station is Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh, about 3.7 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 Barkatabad
Nearest railway station Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bahadurgarh 4.1 km
District headquarters Jhajjar 25 km

Villages closest to Barkatabad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkatabad village had a population of 4,282. That makes it the 20th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,768 residents.

Barkatabad village has 2,340 males and 1,942 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkatabad has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 832.

The pincode recorded for Barkatabad is 124507. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkatabad covers 841 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkatabad falls under Bahadurgarh tehsil of Jhajjar district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Barkatabad is Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh, about 3.7 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 Barkatabad.

Barkatabad is about 25 km from Jhajjar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkatabad is in Bahadurgarh tehsil of Jhajjar district. Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh is about 3.7 km away. Bahadurgarh is about 4.1 km away. Jhajjar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balaur (under 2 km), Sarai Aurangabad (2.4 km) and Lowa Kalan (3.1 km).

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

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