About Barisakhi Village

Barisakhi is a large village in Gidhaur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,000, made up of 1,485 males and 1,515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 667 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barisakhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barisakhi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Gidhaur
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	667 hectares
Population	3,000
Male Population	1,485
Female Population	1,515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
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 Barisakhi compares

By the 2011 count Barisakhi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents. Its 667 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Barisakhi

Barisakhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barisakhi 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 Barisakhi from other places

Barisakhi lies about 16 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 21 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 Barisakhi
Tehsil headquarters	Gidhaur	5.1 km
District headquarters	Chatra	16 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	16 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	21 km

Villages closest to Barisakhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barisakhi village had a population of 3,000. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents.

Barisakhi village has 1,485 males and 1,515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barisakhi has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Barisakhi is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barisakhi covers 667 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barisakhi falls under Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barisakhi is Katkamsandi, about 21 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 Barisakhi.

Barisakhi is about 16 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barisakhi is in Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district. Gidhaur is about 5.1 km away. Chatra is about 16 km away. Chatrā is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.