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About Barsinghi Kalan Village

Barsinghi Kalan is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 234 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 799 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barsinghi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barsinghi Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Dhanwar
Pincode 825412
Area (hectares) 109 hectares
Population 421
Male Population 234
Female Population 187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 799
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barsinghi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Barsinghi Kalan is the 186th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 933.

Getting to Barsinghi Kalan

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

How far is Barsinghi Kalan from other places

Barsinghi Kalan lies about 46 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 3.8 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 Barsinghi Kalan
Nearest railway station Dhanwar 3.8 km
Nearest town Barki Saria 27 km
District headquarters Giridih 46 km

Villages closest to Barsinghi Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barsinghi Kalan village had a population of 421. That makes it the 186th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Barsinghi Kalan village has 234 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barsinghi Kalan has about 799 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Barsinghi Kalan is 825412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barsinghi Kalan covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barsinghi Kalan falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barsinghi Kalan is Dhanwar, about 3.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barsinghi Kalan.

Barsinghi Kalan is about 46 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barsinghi Kalan is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 3.8 km away. Barki Saria is about 27 km away. Giridih is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barsinghi Khurd (under 2 km), Jhanjh (under 2 km) and Durjanadih (under 2 km).

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

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