About Barmasa Village

Barmasa is a mid sized village in Jarmundi tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 791, made up of 406 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barmasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barmasa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Jarmundi
Pincode	814120
Area (hectares)	147 hectares
Population	791
Male Population	406
Female Population	385
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
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 Barmasa compares

By the 2011 count Barmasa is the 25th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 370 residents. Its 147 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Barmasa

Barmasa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barmasa 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 Barmasa from other places

Barmasa 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 Barmasa
Nearest railway station	Basukinath Railway Station	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jarmundi	22 km
District headquarters	Dumka	30 km

Villages closest to Barmasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barmasa village had a population of 791. That makes it the 25th largest of the 396 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 370 residents.

Barmasa village has 406 males and 385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barmasa has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Barmasa is 814120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barmasa covers 147 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barmasa falls under Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barmasa 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 Barmasa.

Barmasa 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.

Barmasa is in Jarmundi tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 22 km away. Jarmundi is about 22 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.