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About Baratanr Village

Baratanr is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 357, made up of 193 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815351, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baratanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baratanr village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Jamtara
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 815351
Area (hectares) 77.78 hectares
Population 357
Male Population 193
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
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 Baratanr compares

By the 2011 count Baratanr is the 98th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 533 residents. Its 77.78 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Baratanr

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

Baratanr lies about 151 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 8.3 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 Baratanr
Nearest railway station Lakshmipur Bhorang 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 9.5 km
Nearest town Colgong 15 km
District headquarters Jamtara 151 km

Villages closest to Baratanr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baratanr village had a population of 357. That makes it the 98th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 533 residents.

Baratanr village has 193 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baratanr has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Baratanr is 815351. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baratanr covers 77.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baratanr falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baratanr is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 8.3 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 Baratanr.

Baratanr is about 151 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baratanr is in Fatehpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Lakshmipur Bhorang is about 8.3 km away. Fatehpur is about 9.5 km away. Colgong is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Asna (under 2 km), Barabad (under 2 km) and Baroa (under 2 km).

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

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