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About Birajpur Village

Birajpur is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 239 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814146, 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 Masalia
Pincode 814146
Area (hectares) 84 hectares
Population 484
Male Population 239
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
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 Birajpur compares

By the 2011 count Birajpur is the 84th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Birajpur

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

Birajpur lies about 35 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, about 21 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
Nearest railway station Joramow Railway Station 21 km
Nearest town Jāmtāra 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Masalia 35 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 Masalia 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.

Common questions about Birajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Birajpur village had a population of 484. That makes it the 84th largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Birajpur village has 239 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birajpur has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

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

Birajpur covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birajpur falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Birajpur is Joramow Railway Station, about 21 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 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 Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Joramow Railway Station is about 21 km away. Jāmtāra is about 28 km away. Masalia is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhota Dumria (2.1 km), Dumria (2.1 km) and Nawadih (2.8 km).

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

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