About Barka Murpa Village

Barka Murpa is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 532, made up of 259 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,054 females per 1000 males. The village covers 682 hectares hectares.

Barka Murpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barka Murpa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Area (hectares)	682 hectares
Population	532
Male Population	259
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,054
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barka Murpa compares

By the 2011 count Barka Murpa is the 72nd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 682 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Barka Murpa

Barka Murpa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barka Murpa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Barka Murpa from other places

Barka Murpa lies about 58 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Danea, about 11 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 Barka Murpa
Nearest railway station	Danea	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	22 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	58 km

Villages closest to Barka Murpa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gumia 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 Barka Murpa

As per the Census of India 2011, Barka Murpa village had a population of 532. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Barka Murpa village has 259 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barka Murpa has about 1054 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Barka Murpa covers 682 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barka Murpa falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barka Murpa is Danea, about 11 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barka Murpa.

Barka Murpa is about 58 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barka Murpa is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Danea is about 11 km away. Gumia is about 22 km away. Bokaro is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.