About Barkuli Village

Barkuli is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,090, made up of 535 males and 555 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 661.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkuli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkuli village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	661.36 hectares
Population	1,090
Male Population	535
Female Population	555
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barkuli compares

By the 2011 count Barkuli is the 28th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 661.36 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Barkuli

Barkuli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barkuli 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barkuli from other places

Barkuli lies about 20 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 10 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 Barkuli
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	10 km
District headquarters	Khunti	20 km

Villages closest to Barkuli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkuli village had a population of 1,090. That makes it the 28th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Barkuli village has 535 males and 555 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkuli has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Barkuli is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkuli covers 661.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barkuli falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barkuli is Govindpur Road, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barkuli.

Barkuli is about 20 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkuli is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 6.3 km away. Govindpur Road is about 10 km away. Khunti is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.