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About Barikhajuri Village

Barikhajuri is a mid sized village in Bhandaria tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 538, made up of 302 males and 236 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 781 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barikhajuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barikhajuri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Bhandaria
Pincode 822125
Area (hectares) 218.53 hectares
Population 538
Male Population 302
Female Population 236
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 781
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barikhajuri compares

By the 2011 count Barikhajuri is the 40th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 887 residents. Its 218.53 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 967.

Getting to Barikhajuri

Barikhajuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barikhajuri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Barikhajuri from other places

Barikhajuri lies about 47 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 35 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 Barikhajuri
Tehsil headquarters Bhandaria 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Barwadih Junction 35 km
Nearest town Medininagar 44 km
District headquarters Garhwa 47 km

Villages closest to Barikhajuri

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

Common questions about Barikhajuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Barikhajuri village had a population of 538. That makes it the 40th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 887 residents.

Barikhajuri village has 302 males and 236 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barikhajuri has about 781 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Barikhajuri is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barikhajuri covers 218.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barikhajuri falls under Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barikhajuri is Barwadih Junction, about 35 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 village for Barikhajuri.

Barikhajuri is about 47 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barikhajuri is in Bhandaria tehsil of Garhwa district. Bhandaria is about 3.2 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 35 km away. Medininagar is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khajuri (under 2 km), Kanjia (under 2 km) and Jamauti (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Barikhajuri today is likely to be higher.

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