About Barukundi Village

Barukundi is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 334, made up of 159 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barukundi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barukundi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	166.39 hectares
Population	334
Male Population	159
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,101
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 Barukundi compares

By the 2011 count Barukundi is the 84th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 166.39 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Barukundi

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

Barukundi lies about 14 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 5.2 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 Barukundi
Nearest railway station	Lotapahar	5.2 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	11 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	31 km

Villages closest to Barukundi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barukundi village had a population of 334. That makes it the 84th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Barukundi village has 159 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barukundi has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Barukundi is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barukundi covers 166.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barukundi falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barukundi is Lotapahar, about 5.2 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 Barukundi.

Barukundi is about 14 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barukundi is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Lotapahar is about 5.2 km away. Chakradharpur is about 11 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.