About Birajpur Village

Birajpur is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 84 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birajpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	84.99 hectares
Population	177
Male Population	84
Female Population	93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,107
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birajpur compares

By the 2011 count Birajpur is the 89th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 84.99 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Birajpur

Birajpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Birajpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Birajpur from other places

Birajpur lies about 35 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 15 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 Birajpur
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	10 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	15 km
Nearest town	Nalhāti	27 km
District headquarters	Dumka	35 km

Villages closest to Birajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birajpur village had a population of 177. That makes it the 89th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Birajpur village has 84 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birajpur has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Birajpur covers 84.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birajpur falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Birajpur is Harinsing, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance for Birajpur.

Birajpur is about 35 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birajpur is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 10 km away. Harinsing is about 15 km away. Nalhāti is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.