About Barahkurwa Village

Barahkurwa is a small village in Tarhasi tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6, made up of 4 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 9.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barahkurwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barahkurwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Tarhasi
Pincode	822122
Area (hectares)	9.2 hectares
Population	6
Male Population	4
Female Population	2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	500
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 Barahkurwa compares

By the 2011 count Barahkurwa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 853 residents. Its 9.2 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Barahkurwa

Barahkurwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barahkurwa 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 Barahkurwa from other places

Barahkurwa lies about 111 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Bukru, about 6.5 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 Barahkurwa
Nearest railway station	Bukru	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tarhasi	18 km
Nearest town	Khalāri	21 km
District headquarters	Palamu	111 km

Villages closest to Barahkurwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barahkurwa village had a population of 6. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 853 residents.

Barahkurwa village has 4 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barahkurwa has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Barahkurwa is 822122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barahkurwa covers 9.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barahkurwa falls under Tarhasi tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barahkurwa is Bukru, about 6.5 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 Barahkurwa.

Barahkurwa is about 111 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barahkurwa is in Tarhasi tehsil of Palamu district. Bukru is about 6.5 km away. Tarhasi is about 18 km away. Khalāri is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.