About Barka Kalan Village

Barka Kalan is a large village in Ichak tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,342, made up of 1,227 males and 1,115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 843.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825400, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barka Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barka Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Ichak
Pincode	825400
Area (hectares)	843.57 hectares
Population	2,342
Male Population	1,227
Female Population	1,115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
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 Barka Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Barka Kalan is the 18th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents. Its 843.57 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Barka Kalan

Barka Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barka Kalan 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 Barka Kalan from other places

Barka Kalan lies about 16 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 15 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 Barka Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Ichak	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Padma	15 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	16 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	16 km

Villages closest to Barka Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ichak 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 Barka Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Barka Kalan village had a population of 2,342. That makes it the 18th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents.

Barka Kalan village has 1,227 males and 1,115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barka Kalan has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Barka Kalan is 825400. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barka Kalan covers 843.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barka Kalan falls under Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barka Kalan is Padma, about 15 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 Barka Kalan.

Barka Kalan is about 16 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barka Kalan is in Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Ichak is about 3.5 km away. Padma is about 15 km away. Hazaribagh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.