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About Barai Khurd Village

Barai Khurd is a mid sized village in Kasmar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 361 males and 369 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.77 hectares hectares.

Barai Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barai Khurd village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Kasmar
Area (hectares) 145.77 hectares
Population 730
Male Population 361
Female Population 369
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barai Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Barai Khurd is the 46th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 145.77 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Barai Khurd

Barai Khurd is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barai Khurd as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Barai Khurd from other places

Barai Khurd lies about 28 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Sondimra, about 15 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 Barai Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Kasmar 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Sondimra 15 km
Nearest town Kathhāra 20 km
District headquarters Bokaro 28 km

Villages closest to Barai Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kasmar 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 Barai Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Barai Khurd village had a population of 730. That makes it the 46th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Barai Khurd village has 361 males and 369 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barai Khurd has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Barai Khurd covers 145.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barai Khurd falls under Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barai Khurd is Sondimra, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barai Khurd.

Barai Khurd is about 28 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barai Khurd is in Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district. Kasmar is about 5.2 km away. Sondimra is about 15 km away. Kathhāra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chainpur (under 2 km), Barai Kalan (1.6 km) and Chandipur (1.8 km).

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

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