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About Barmasia Village

Barmasia is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 134, made up of 65 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 164 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barmasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barmasia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Pincode 814156
Area (hectares) 164 hectares
Population 134
Male Population 65
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barmasia compares

By the 2011 count Barmasia is the 115th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 164 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Barmasia

Barmasia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barmasia 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barmasia from other places

Barmasia lies about 47 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 12 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 Barmasia
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 18 km
Nearest town Farakka 23 km
District headquarters Godda 47 km

Villages closest to Barmasia

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 Barmasia

As per the Census of India 2011, Barmasia village had a population of 134. That makes it the 115th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Barmasia village has 65 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barmasia has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

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

Barmasia covers 164 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barmasia falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barmasia is Barharwa Junction, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Barmasia.

Barmasia is about 47 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barmasia is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Barharwa Junction is about 12 km away. Sundarpahari is about 18 km away. Farakka is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusumghati (2.5 km), Telo (3.0 km) and Telodoni (3.0 km).

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

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