About Barajpur Village

Barajpur is a small village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 383, made up of 180 males and 203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,128 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815352, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barajpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Tehsil	Narayanpur
Pincode	815352
Area (hectares)	118 hectares
Population	383
Male Population	180
Female Population	203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,128
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barajpur compares

By the 2011 count Barajpur is the 126th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 118 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Barajpur

Barajpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barajpur as Available within 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 Barajpur from other places

Barajpur 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 Barajpur
Nearest railway station	Lakshmipur Bhorang	8.3 km
Nearest town	Colgong	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narayanpur	24 km
District headquarters	Jamtara	151 km

Villages closest to Barajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barajpur village had a population of 383. That makes it the 126th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Barajpur village has 180 males and 203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barajpur has about 1128 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Barajpur is 815352. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barajpur covers 118 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barajpur falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barajpur 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 5 - 10 km distance for Barajpur.

Barajpur 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.

Barajpur is in Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Lakshmipur Bhorang is about 8.3 km away. Colgong is about 15 km away. Narayanpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.