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About Bara Puro Village

Bara Puro is a mid sized village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 925, made up of 468 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Puro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Puro village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Pincode 814156
Area (hectares) 277 hectares
Population 925
Male Population 468
Female Population 457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Puro compares

By the 2011 count Bara Puro is the 11th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 277 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Bara Puro

Bara Puro is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bara Puro as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bara Puro from other places

Bara Puro lies about 73 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 8.9 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 Bara Puro
Nearest railway station Chatra 8.9 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 29 km
District headquarters Godda 73 km

Villages closest to Bara Puro

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sundarpahari 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 Bara Puro

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Puro village had a population of 925. That makes it the 11th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Bara Puro village has 468 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Puro has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Bara Puro is 814156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Puro covers 277 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Puro falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara Puro is Chatra, about 8.9 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 10+ km distance for Bara Puro.

Bara Puro is about 73 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Puro is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Chatra is about 8.9 km away. Nalhāti is about 14 km away. Sundarpahari is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Haripur (under 2 km), Bara Kalhajor (under 2 km) and Bara Paktari (under 2 km).

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

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