About Barrang Village

Barrang is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 815, made up of 397 males and 418 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 441 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barrang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barrang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	441 hectares
Population	815
Male Population	397
Female Population	418
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
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 Barrang compares

By the 2011 count Barrang is the 47th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 441 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1002.

Getting to Barrang

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

Barrang lies about 20 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 36 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 Barrang
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	11 km
District headquarters	Gumla	20 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	20 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	36 km

Villages closest to Barrang

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghaghra 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 Barrang

As per the Census of India 2011, Barrang village had a population of 815. That makes it the 47th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Barrang village has 397 males and 418 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barrang has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Barrang is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barrang covers 441 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barrang falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barrang is Lohardaga, about 36 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 Barrang.

Barrang is about 20 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barrang is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 11 km away. Gumla is about 20 km away. Gumlā is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.