About Barwar Village

Barwar is a mid sized village in Kanha Chatti tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 785, made up of 419 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kanha Chatti
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	201 hectares
Population	785
Male Population	419
Female Population	366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
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 Barwar compares

By the 2011 count Barwar is the 23rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 201 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 1000.

Getting to Barwar

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

Barwar lies about 20 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, 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 Barwar
Tehsil headquarters	Kanha Chatti	3.4 km
District headquarters	Chatra	20 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	21 km

Villages closest to Barwar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanha Chatti 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 Barwar

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwar village had a population of 785. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Barwar village has 419 males and 366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwar has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Barwar is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barwar covers 201 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barwar falls under Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barwar is Kathautia, 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 Barwar.

Barwar is about 20 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwar is in Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district. Kanha Chatti is about 3.4 km away. Chatra is about 20 km away. Chatrā is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.