About Birekhap Village

Birekhap is a small village in Kanha Chatti tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 323, made up of 155 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birekhap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birekhap village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kanha Chatti
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	114 hectares
Population	323
Male Population	155
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,084
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 Birekhap compares

By the 2011 count Birekhap is the 63rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 114 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Birekhap

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

Birekhap lies about 15 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 24 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 Birekhap
Tehsil headquarters	Kanha Chatti	4.2 km
District headquarters	Chatra	15 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	24 km

Villages closest to Birekhap

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 Birekhap

As per the Census of India 2011, Birekhap village had a population of 323. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Birekhap village has 155 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birekhap has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

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

Birekhap covers 114 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Birekhap is Kathautia, about 24 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 Birekhap.

Birekhap is about 15 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birekhap is in Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district. Kanha Chatti is about 4.2 km away. Chatra is about 15 km away. Chatrā is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.