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About Birta Village

Birta is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,352, made up of 663 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 713 hectares hectares.

Birta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birta village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Torpa
Area (hectares) 713 hectares
Population 1,352
Male Population 663
Female Population 689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Birta compares

By the 2011 count Birta is the 17th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 713 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Birta

Birta is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Birta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Birta from other places

Birta lies about 27 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 14 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 Birta
Tehsil headquarters Torpa 2.5 km
Nearest railway station Pokla 14 km
District headquarters Khunti 27 km

Villages closest to Birta

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.

Common questions about Birta

As per the Census of India 2011, Birta village had a population of 1,352. That makes it the 17th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Birta village has 663 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birta has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Birta covers 713 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.

Birta falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Birta is Pokla, about 14 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 km distance for Birta.

Birta is about 27 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birta is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 2.5 km away. Pokla is about 14 km away. Khunti is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Digri (under 2 km), Nichitpur (1.7 km) and Baski (2.1 km).

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

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