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About Barhi Chak Village

Barhi Chak is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 30 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barhi Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhi Chak village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chauparan
Pincode 825606
Area (hectares) 186.27 hectares
Population 54
Male Population 30
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barhi Chak compares

By the 2011 count Barhi Chak is the 205th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 186.27 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Barhi Chak

Barhi Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barhi Chak as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Barhi Chak from other places

Barhi Chak lies about 38 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 14 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 Barhi Chak
Tehsil headquarters Chauparan 13 km
Nearest railway station Kathautia 14 km
Nearest town Bagaha 29 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 38 km

Villages closest to Barhi Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chauparan 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 Barhi Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhi Chak village had a population of 54. That makes it the 205th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Barhi Chak village has 30 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhi Chak has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Barhi Chak is 825606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barhi Chak covers 186.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barhi Chak falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barhi Chak is Kathautia, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Barhi Chak.

Barhi Chak is about 38 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhi Chak is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chauparan is about 13 km away. Kathautia is about 14 km away. Bagaha is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahuas (under 2 km), Nawadih (3.1 km) and Pakaria Khurd (4.0 km).

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

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