About Barai Village

Barai is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 85 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Sundarpahari
Pincode	814156
Area (hectares)	124 hectares
Population	172
Male Population	85
Female Population	87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
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 Barai compares

By the 2011 count Barai is the 101st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 124 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Barai

Barai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barai 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 Barai from other places

Barai lies about 68 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is New Farakka Junction, about 5.4 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 Barai
Nearest town	Farakka	2.5 km
Nearest railway station	New Farakka Junction	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarpahari	34 km
District headquarters	Godda	68 km

Villages closest to Barai

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.

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Common questions about Barai

As per the Census of India 2011, Barai village had a population of 172. That makes it the 101st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Barai village has 85 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barai has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

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

Barai covers 124 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.

Barai falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barai is New Farakka Junction, about 5.4 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 Barai.

Barai is about 68 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barai is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Farakka is about 2.5 km away. New Farakka Junction is about 5.4 km away. Sundarpahari is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.