About Barhait Village

Barhait is a mid sized village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,302, made up of 669 males and 633 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barhait Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhait village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	352 hectares
Population	1,302
Male Population	669
Female Population	633
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barhait compares

By the 2011 count Barhait is the 20th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 352 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Barhait

Barhait is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barhait as Available within village. 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 Barhait from other places

Barhait lies about 63 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Mandar Hill, about 3.9 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 Barhait
Nearest railway station	Mandar Hill	3.9 km
Nearest town	Godda	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiyahat	26 km
District headquarters	Dumka	63 km

Villages closest to Barhait

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 Barhait

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhait village had a population of 1,302. That makes it the 20th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Barhait village has 669 males and 633 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhait has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Barhait is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barhait covers 352 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barhait falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barhait is Mandar Hill, about 3.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barhait.

Barhait is about 63 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhait is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. Mandar Hill is about 3.9 km away. Godda is about 15 km away. Saraiyahat is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.