About Barakola Village

Barakola is a small village in Sarwan tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 490, made up of 268 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 828 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barakola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barakola village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Sarwan
Pincode	814143
Area (hectares)	87 hectares
Population	490
Male Population	268
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	828
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 Barakola compares

By the 2011 count Barakola is the 59th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 452 residents. Its 87 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 925.

Getting to Barakola

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

Barakola lies about 34 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Narganjo Halt, about 3.2 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 Barakola
Nearest railway station	Narganjo Halt	3.2 km
Nearest town	Jhajha	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarwan	34 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	34 km

Villages closest to Barakola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barakola village had a population of 490. That makes it the 59th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 452 residents.

Barakola village has 268 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barakola has about 828 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Barakola is 814143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barakola covers 87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barakola falls under Sarwan tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barakola is Narganjo Halt, about 3.2 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 Barakola.

Barakola is about 34 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barakola is in Sarwan tehsil of Deoghar district. Narganjo Halt is about 3.2 km away. Jhajha is about 12 km away. Sarwan is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.