About Barma Village

Barma is a small village in Meherma tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 93, made up of 50 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6 hectares hectares.

Barma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Meherma
Area (hectares)	6 hectares
Population	93
Male Population	50
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Barma compares

By the 2011 count Barma is the 118th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 6 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Barma

Barma is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barma as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barma from other places

Barma lies about 29 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 28 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 Barma
Nearest railway station	Tinpahar Junction	28 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meherma	29 km
District headquarters	Godda	29 km

Villages closest to Barma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barma village had a population of 93. That makes it the 118th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Barma village has 50 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barma has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Barma covers 6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Barma falls under Meherma tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barma is Tinpahar Junction, about 28 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Barma.

Barma is about 29 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barma is in Meherma tehsil of Godda district. Tinpahar Junction is about 28 km away. Meherma is about 29 km away. Godda is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.