About Barkuti Village

Barkuti is a mid sized village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 303 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkuti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkuti village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	825321
Area (hectares)	107.02 hectares
Population	579
Male Population	303
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkuti compares

By the 2011 count Barkuti is the 62nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 107.02 hectares work out to about 5.4 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 983.

Getting to Barkuti

Barkuti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barkuti as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Barkuti from other places

Barkuti lies about 18 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 16 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 Barkuti
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	16 km
District headquarters	Chatra	18 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	24 km

Villages closest to Barkuti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkuti village had a population of 579. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Barkuti village has 303 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkuti has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Barkuti is 825321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkuti covers 107.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkuti falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barkuti is Shivpur, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Barkuti.

Barkuti is about 18 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkuti is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Shivpur is about 16 km away. Chatra is about 18 km away. Chatrā is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.