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About Barwadih Kalan Village

Barwadih Kalan is a small village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 84, made up of 47 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 787 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barwadih Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwadih Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Bengabad
Pincode 815312
Area (hectares) 25 hectares
Population 84
Male Population 47
Female Population 37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 787
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barwadih Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Barwadih Kalan is the 199th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 25 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 943.

Getting to Barwadih Kalan

Barwadih Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barwadih Kalan as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barwadih Kalan from other places

Barwadih Kalan lies about 7.5 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 2.5 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 Barwadih Kalan
Nearest railway station Maheshmunda Junction 2.5 km
District headquarters Giridih 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bengabad 9.8 km

Villages closest to Barwadih Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bengabad 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 Barwadih Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwadih Kalan village had a population of 84. That makes it the 199th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Barwadih Kalan village has 47 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwadih Kalan has about 787 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Barwadih Kalan is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barwadih Kalan covers 25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barwadih Kalan falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barwadih Kalan is Maheshmunda Junction, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barwadih Kalan.

Barwadih Kalan is about 7.5 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwadih Kalan is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 2.5 km away. Giridih is about 7.5 km away. Bengabad is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barwadih Khurd (under 2 km), Barbad (under 2 km) and Mandatanr (under 2 km).

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

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