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About Barhania Village

Barhania is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 132 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barhania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhania village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Gopikandar
Pincode 814145
Area (hectares) 94.01 hectares
Population 248
Male Population 132
Female Population 116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barhania compares

By the 2011 count Barhania is the 71st largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 94.01 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 1013.

Getting to Barhania

Barhania is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Barhania as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Banspahari, Bara Bathan, Bara Pahari and Bara Pathar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Barhania

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhania village had a population of 248. That makes it the 71st largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Barhania village has 132 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhania has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Barhania is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barhania covers 94.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barhania falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Barhania notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Barhania.

Barhania is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Barhania today is likely to be higher.

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