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About Barhed Village

Barhed is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 380, made up of 189 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 541 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhed village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Lawalaung
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 541 hectares
Population 380
Male Population 189
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
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 Barhed compares

By the 2011 count Barhed is the 45th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 541 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 970.

Getting to Barhed

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

Barhed lies about 19 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Bukru, about 31 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 Barhed
Tehsil headquarters Lawalaung 19 km
District headquarters Chatra 19 km
Nearest town Chatrā 19 km
Nearest railway station Bukru 31 km

Villages closest to Barhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhed village had a population of 380. That makes it the 45th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Barhed village has 189 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhed has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Barhed is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barhed covers 541 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barhed falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barhed is Bukru, about 31 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 Barhed.

Barhed is about 19 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhed is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 19 km away. Chatra is about 19 km away. Chatrā is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chani (under 2 km), Kadhe (1.6 km) and Teona (2.1 km).

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

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