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About Bharkol Alias Dudhpania Village

Bharkol Alias Dudhpania is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 160 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharkol Alias Dudhpania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharkol Alias Dudhpania village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gawan
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 421 hectares
Population 289
Male Population 160
Female Population 129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharkol Alias Dudhpania compares

By the 2011 count Bharkol Alias Dudhpania is the 74th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 421 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Bharkol Alias Dudhpania

Bharkol Alias Dudhpania is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bharkol Alias Dudhpania as Available within 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 Bharkol Alias Dudhpania from other places

Bharkol Alias Dudhpania lies about 73 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 33 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 Bharkol Alias Dudhpania
Tehsil headquarters Gawan 11 km
Nearest railway station Dhanwar 33 km
Nearest town Rajauli 39 km
District headquarters Giridih 73 km

Villages closest to Bharkol Alias Dudhpania

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gawan 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 Bharkol Alias Dudhpania

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharkol Alias Dudhpania village had a population of 289. That makes it the 74th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Bharkol Alias Dudhpania village has 160 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharkol Alias Dudhpania has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Bharkol Alias Dudhpania is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharkol Alias Dudhpania covers 421 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bharkol Alias Dudhpania falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bharkol Alias Dudhpania is Dhanwar, about 33 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bharkol Alias Dudhpania.

Bharkol Alias Dudhpania is about 73 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharkol Alias Dudhpania is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 11 km away. Dhanwar is about 33 km away. Rajauli is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gobardaha (2.7 km), Orporo (3.3 km) and Alagdiha (3.8 km).

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

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