About Barkundi Village

Barkundi is a small village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 135 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkundi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkundi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	42 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	135
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
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 Barkundi compares

By the 2011 count Barkundi is the 185th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Barkundi

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

Barkundi lies about 38 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Dhanpatdih, about 3.6 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 Barkundi
Nearest railway station	Dhanpatdih	3.6 km
Nearest town	Deoghar	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiyahat	24 km
District headquarters	Dumka	38 km

Villages closest to Barkundi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkundi village had a population of 248. That makes it the 185th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Barkundi village has 135 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkundi has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Barkundi is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkundi covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkundi falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barkundi is Dhanpatdih, about 3.6 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 Barkundi.

Barkundi is about 38 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkundi is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. Dhanpatdih is about 3.6 km away. Deoghar is about 23 km away. Saraiyahat is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.