About Barkheta Village

Barkheta is a mid sized village in Barwadih tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,183, made up of 606 males and 577 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 425 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkheta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkheta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Barwadih
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	425 hectares
Population	1,183
Male Population	606
Female Population	577
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	952
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkheta compares

By the 2011 count Barkheta is the 30th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 425 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Barkheta

Barkheta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barkheta as Available within 10+ 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 Barkheta from other places

Barkheta lies about 36 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Chhipadohar, about 12 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 Barkheta
Nearest railway station	Chhipadohar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barwadih	15 km
District headquarters	Latehar	36 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	36 km

Villages closest to Barkheta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkheta village had a population of 1,183. That makes it the 30th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Barkheta village has 606 males and 577 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkheta has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Barkheta is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkheta covers 425 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkheta falls under Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barkheta is Chhipadohar, about 12 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 10+ km distance for Barkheta.

Barkheta is about 36 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkheta is in Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district. Chhipadohar is about 12 km away. Barwadih is about 15 km away. Latehar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.