About Barajol Village

Barajol is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 175 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 182 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814148, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barajol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barajol village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ranishwar
Pincode	814148
Area (hectares)	182 hectares
Population	325
Male Population	175
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
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 Barajol compares

By the 2011 count Barajol is the 102nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 182 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Barajol

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

Barajol lies about 14 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Barapalasi, about under 2 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 Barajol
Nearest railway station	Barapalasi	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ranishwar	14 km
District headquarters	Dumka	14 km

Villages closest to Barajol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barajol village had a population of 325. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Barajol village has 175 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barajol has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Barajol is 814148. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barajol covers 182 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barajol falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barajol is Barapalasi, about under 2 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 Barajol.

Barajol is about 14 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barajol is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. Barapalasi is about under 2 km away. Ranishwar is about 14 km away. Dumka is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.