About Barmasia Village

Barmasia is a mid sized village in Jama tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 705, made up of 351 males and 354 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barmasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barmasia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jama
Pincode	814146
Area (hectares)	218 hectares
Population	705
Male Population	351
Female Population	354
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barmasia compares

By the 2011 count Barmasia is the 48th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 446 residents. Its 218 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Barmasia

Barmasia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barmasia as Available within 5 - 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 Barmasia from other places

Barmasia lies about 30 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 22 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 Barmasia
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jama	24 km
District headquarters	Dumka	30 km

Villages closest to Barmasia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barmasia village had a population of 705. That makes it the 48th largest of the 283 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 446 residents.

Barmasia village has 351 males and 354 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barmasia has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Barmasia is 814146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barmasia covers 218 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barmasia falls under Jama tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barmasia is Basukinath Railway Station, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barmasia.

Barmasia is about 30 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barmasia is in Jama tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 22 km away. Jama is about 24 km away. Dumka is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.