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About Birkhibathan Village

Birkhibathan is a mid sized village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 724, made up of 354 males and 370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birkhibathan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birkhibathan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 814111
Area (hectares) 170 hectares
Population 724
Male Population 354
Female Population 370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Birkhibathan compares

By the 2011 count Birkhibathan is the 90th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Birkhibathan

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

How far is Birkhibathan from other places

Birkhibathan lies about 31 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 25 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 Birkhibathan
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 16 km
Nearest railway station Harinsing 25 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 29 km
District headquarters Pakur 31 km

Villages closest to Birkhibathan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birkhibathan village had a population of 724. That makes it the 90th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Birkhibathan village has 354 males and 370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birkhibathan has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Birkhibathan is 814111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birkhibathan covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birkhibathan falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Birkhibathan is Harinsing, about 25 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Birkhibathan.

Birkhibathan is about 31 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birkhibathan is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 16 km away. Harinsing is about 25 km away. Nalhāti is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalchua (under 2 km), Barhabad (2.2 km) and Gangmuri (2.5 km).

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

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