About Barakar Village

Barakar is a small village in Mayur Hand tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 135 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barakar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barakar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Mayur Hand
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	59 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	135
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
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 Barakar compares

By the 2011 count Barakar is the 77th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 569 residents. Its 59 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 1015.

Getting to Barakar

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

Barakar lies about 13 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 30 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 Barakar
Tehsil headquarters	Mayur Hand	13 km
District headquarters	Chatra	13 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	13 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	30 km

Villages closest to Barakar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayur Hand 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 Barakar

As per the Census of India 2011, Barakar village had a population of 246. That makes it the 77th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 569 residents.

Barakar village has 135 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barakar has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

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

Barakar covers 59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barakar falls under Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barakar is Kathautia, about 30 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 Barakar.

Barakar is about 13 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barakar is in Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district. Mayur Hand is about 13 km away. Chatra is about 13 km away. Chatrā is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.