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About Barandaya Village

Barandaya is a mid sized village in Chaibasa tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 622, made up of 330 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barandaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barandaya village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Chaibasa
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 184.11 hectares
Population 622
Male Population 330
Female Population 292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
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 Barandaya compares

By the 2011 count Barandaya is the 54th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 184.11 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 1045.

Getting to Barandaya

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

Barandaya lies about 11 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Singhpokharia, about 7.3 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 Barandaya
Nearest railway station Singhpokharia 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Chaibasa 7.5 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 7.5 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 11 km

Villages closest to Barandaya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barandaya village had a population of 622. That makes it the 54th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Barandaya village has 330 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barandaya has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1045.

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

Barandaya covers 184.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barandaya falls under Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barandaya is Singhpokharia, about 7.3 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 Barandaya.

Barandaya is about 11 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barandaya is in Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Singhpokharia is about 7.3 km away. Chaibasa is about 7.5 km away. Chāībāsa is about 7.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Guira (under 2 km), Pata Guira (under 2 km) and Ganjra (1.8 km).

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

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