About Barwadih Village

Barwadih is a small village in Pipra tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 254 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 129 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barwadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Pipra
Pincode	822113
Area (hectares)	129 hectares
Population	471
Male Population	254
Female Population	217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	854
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barwadih compares

By the 2011 count Barwadih is the 30th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 583 residents. Its 129 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Barwadih

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

Barwadih lies about 140 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Bukru, about 46 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 Barwadih
Tehsil headquarters	Pipra	19 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	22 km
Nearest railway station	Bukru	46 km
District headquarters	Palamu	140 km

Villages closest to Barwadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwadih village had a population of 471. That makes it the 30th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 583 residents.

Barwadih village has 254 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwadih has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Barwadih is 822113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barwadih covers 129 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barwadih falls under Pipra tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barwadih is Bukru, about 46 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 - 10 km distance for Barwadih.

Barwadih is about 140 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwadih is in Pipra tehsil of Palamu district. Pipra is about 19 km away. Chatrā is about 22 km away. Bukru is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.