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About Barajolo Village

Barajolo is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 125 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barajolo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barajolo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Pincode 814156
Area (hectares) 266 hectares
Population 250
Male Population 125
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barajolo compares

By the 2011 count Barajolo is the 68th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 266 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Barajolo

Barajolo is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barajolo as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Barajolo from other places

Barajolo 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 Barajolo
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 Barajolo

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 Barajolo

As per the Census of India 2011, Barajolo village had a population of 250. That makes it the 68th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Barajolo village has 125 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barajolo has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

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

Barajolo covers 266 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barajolo falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barajolo 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 village for Barajolo.

Barajolo 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.

Barajolo 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 Barajolo today is likely to be higher.

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