About Barai Village

Barai is a small village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 193 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835229
Area (hectares)	277.49 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	193
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barai compares

By the 2011 count Barai is the 72nd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 277.49 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, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Barai

Barai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barai as Available within 5 - 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 Barai from other places

Barai lies about 26 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 18 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
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	10 km
Nearest railway station	Pokla	18 km
District headquarters	Gumla	26 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	26 km

Villages closest to Barai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Basia 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 392. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Barai village has 193 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barai has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Barai is 835229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barai covers 277.49 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 Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barai is Pokla, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barai.

Barai is about 26 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barai is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Basia is about 10 km away. Pokla is about 18 km away. Gumla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.