About Barmasia Village

Barmasia is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 202, made up of 120 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 683 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barmasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barmasia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	95.62 hectares
Population	202
Male Population	120
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	683
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 Barmasia compares

By the 2011 count Barmasia is the 96th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 95.62 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 971.

Getting to Barmasia

Barmasia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barmasia 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 Barmasia from other places

Barmasia lies about 70 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 32 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 Barmasia
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	32 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	39 km
District headquarters	Giridih	70 km

Villages closest to Barmasia

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.

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Common questions about Barmasia

As per the Census of India 2011, Barmasia village had a population of 202. That makes it the 96th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Barmasia village has 120 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barmasia has about 683 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 Barmasia is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barmasia covers 95.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barmasia falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barmasia is Dhanwar, about 32 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 Barmasia.

Barmasia is about 70 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barmasia is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 9.9 km away. Dhanwar is about 32 km away. Jamūī is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.