About Barwakhar Village

Barwakhar is a small village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 220, made up of 108 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barwakhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwakhar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	58 hectares
Population	220
Male Population	108
Female Population	112
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 Barwakhar compares

By the 2011 count Barwakhar is the 76th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 58 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Barwakhar

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

Barwakhar lies about 17 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Chetar, about 2.2 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 Barwakhar
Nearest railway station	Chetar	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	8.8 km
District headquarters	Latehar	17 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	17 km

Villages closest to Barwakhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwakhar village had a population of 220. That makes it the 76th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Barwakhar village has 108 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwakhar has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

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

Barwakhar covers 58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barwakhar falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barwakhar is Chetar, about 2.2 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 Barwakhar.

Barwakhar is about 17 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwakhar is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Chetar is about 2.2 km away. Chandwa is about 8.8 km away. Latehar is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.