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About Berapara Village

Berapara is a small village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 129 males and 110 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158 hectares hectares.

Berapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Berapara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Erki
Area (hectares) 158 hectares
Population 239
Male Population 129
Female Population 110
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
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 Berapara compares

By the 2011 count Berapara is the 95th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 158 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1005.

Getting to Berapara

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

Berapara lies about 33 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Barabambo, about 36 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 Berapara
Nearest town Būndu 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Erki 33 km
District headquarters Khunti 33 km
Nearest railway station Barabambo 36 km

Villages closest to Berapara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Berapara village had a population of 239. That makes it the 95th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Berapara village has 129 males and 110 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Berapara has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Berapara covers 158 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Berapara falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Berapara is Barabambo, about 36 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 Berapara.

Berapara is about 33 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Berapara is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Būndu is about 18 km away. Erki is about 33 km away. Khunti is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pitupara (under 2 km), Purnanagar (under 2 km) and Kapariya (2.3 km).

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

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