About Baramasia Village

Baramasia is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 435, made up of 209 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baramasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baramasia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	259.2 hectares
Population	435
Male Population	209
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
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 Baramasia compares

By the 2011 count Baramasia is the 120th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 259.2 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Baramasia

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

Baramasia lies about 17 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Barmasia, about 2.3 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 Baramasia
Nearest railway station	Barmasia	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	17 km
District headquarters	Dumka	17 km

Villages closest to Baramasia

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 Baramasia

As per the Census of India 2011, Baramasia village had a population of 435. That makes it the 120th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Baramasia village has 209 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baramasia has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Baramasia covers 259.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baramasia falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baramasia is Barmasia, about 2.3 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 Baramasia.

Baramasia is about 17 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baramasia is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Barmasia is about 2.3 km away. Shikaripara is about 17 km away. Dumka is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.