About Barango Village

Barango is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 223 males and 234 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barango Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barango village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Karra
Pincode	835209
Area (hectares)	241.04 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	223
Female Population	234
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barango compares

By the 2011 count Barango is the 98th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 241.04 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Barango

Barango is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barango as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barango from other places

Barango lies about 22 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Lodhma, about 4.9 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 Barango
Nearest railway station	Lodhma	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karra	12 km
Nearest town	Ranchi	20 km
District headquarters	Khunti	22 km

Villages closest to Barango

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Barango

As per the Census of India 2011, Barango village had a population of 457. That makes it the 98th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Barango village has 223 males and 234 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barango has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Barango is 835209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barango covers 241.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barango falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barango is Lodhma, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Barango.

Barango is about 22 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barango is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Lodhma is about 4.9 km away. Karra is about 12 km away. Ranchi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.