About Barasingha Village

Barasingha is a small village in Pirtanr tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 97, made up of 57 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 702 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barasingha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barasingha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Pirtanr
Pincode	825108
Area (hectares)	69.8 hectares
Population	97
Male Population	57
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	702
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 Barasingha compares

By the 2011 count Barasingha is the 151st largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 572 residents. Its 69.8 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 990.

Getting to Barasingha

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

Barasingha lies about 21 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nimiaghat, about 16 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 Barasingha
Tehsil headquarters	Pirtanr	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Nimiaghat	16 km
Nearest town	Gomoh	18 km
District headquarters	Giridih	21 km

Villages closest to Barasingha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barasingha village had a population of 97. That makes it the 151st largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 572 residents.

Barasingha village has 57 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barasingha has about 702 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Barasingha is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barasingha covers 69.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barasingha falls under Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barasingha is Nimiaghat, about 16 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 Barasingha.

Barasingha is about 21 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barasingha is in Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district. Pirtanr is about 4.8 km away. Nimiaghat is about 16 km away. Gomoh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.