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About Barano Village

Barano is a mid sized village in Chalkusa tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 947, made up of 483 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barano Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barano village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chalkusa
Pincode 825323
Area (hectares) 372 hectares
Population 947
Male Population 483
Female Population 464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Barano compares

By the 2011 count Barano is the 20th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents. Its 372 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Barano

The census records public bus service for Barano as Available within <5 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barano from other places

Barano lies about 53 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Dasra Halt BH, about 2.8 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 Barano
Nearest railway station Dasra Halt BH 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Chalkusa 3.8 km
Nearest town Barki Saria 18 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 53 km

Villages closest to Barano

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barano village had a population of 947. That makes it the 20th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents.

Barano village has 483 males and 464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barano has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Barano is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barano covers 372 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barano falls under Chalkusa tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barano is Dasra Halt BH, about 2.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barano.

Barano is about 53 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barano is in Chalkusa tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Dasra Halt BH is about 2.8 km away. Chalkusa is about 3.8 km away. Barki Saria is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baradih (2.8 km), Dumduma (2.9 km) and Naraina (2.9 km).

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

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