About Barapur Village

Barapur is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 617, made up of 324 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barapur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	195 hectares
Population	617
Male Population	324
Female Population	293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
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 Barapur compares

By the 2011 count Barapur is the 99th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 195 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Barapur

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

Barapur lies about 24 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 47 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 Barapur
Nearest town	Sherghāti	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	24 km
District headquarters	Chatra	24 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	47 km

Villages closest to Barapur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Barapur

As per the Census of India 2011, Barapur village had a population of 617. That makes it the 99th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Barapur village has 324 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barapur has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

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

Barapur covers 195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barapur falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barapur is Guraru, about 47 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 Barapur.

Barapur is about 24 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barapur is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 19 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 24 km away. Chatra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.