About Barapahari Village

Barapahari is a mid sized village in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 653, made up of 251 males and 402 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,602 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815352, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Barapahari compares

By the 2011 count Barapahari is the 68th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 774 residents. Its 203.75 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 964.

Getting to Barapahari

Barapahari is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Barapahari 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barapahari from other places

Barapahari lies about 32 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Joramow Railway Station, about 8.7 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.

Villages closest to Barapahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karma Tanr Vidyasagar tehsil.

• Bara Sunsundabra under 2 km
• Kathbarari under 2 km
• Hirapur 3.2 km
• Khutabandh 4.2 km
• Mattanr 8.7 km
• Nawadih 8.8 km

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.