About Barajpur Village

Barajpur is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 80 males and 84 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barajpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	83.34 hectares
Population	164
Male Population	80
Female Population	84
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
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 Barajpur compares

By the 2011 count Barajpur is the 186th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 83.34 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Barajpur

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

Barajpur 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 Barajpur
Nearest railway station	Barapalasi	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	14 km
District headquarters	Dumka	14 km

Villages closest to Barajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barajpur village had a population of 164. That makes it the 186th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Barajpur village has 80 males and 84 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barajpur has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Barajpur is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barajpur covers 83.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barajpur falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barajpur 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 10+ km distance for Barajpur.

Barajpur 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.

Barajpur is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Barapalasi is about under 2 km away. Shikaripara 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.