About Barwa Village

Barwa is a small village in Sarath tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 147 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarath
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	64 hectares
Population	269
Male Population	147
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	830
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 Barwa compares

By the 2011 count Barwa is the 199th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 492 residents. Its 64 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 937.

Getting to Barwa

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

Barwa lies about 28 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, about 8.7 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 Barwa
Tehsil headquarters	Sarath	6.6 km
Nearest railway station	Joramow Railway Station	8.7 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	14 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	28 km

Villages closest to Barwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwa village had a population of 269. That makes it the 199th largest of the 326 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 492 residents.

Barwa village has 147 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwa has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Barwa is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barwa covers 64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barwa falls under Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barwa is Joramow Railway Station, about 8.7 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 Barwa.

Barwa is about 28 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwa is in Sarath tehsil of Deoghar district. Sarath is about 6.6 km away. Joramow Railway Station is about 8.7 km away. Madhupur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.