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About Barijal Village

Barijal is a mid sized village in Chaibasa tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 790, made up of 380 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barijal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barijal village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Chaibasa
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 238 hectares
Population 790
Male Population 380
Female Population 410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,079
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barijal compares

By the 2011 count Barijal is the 46th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 238 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Barijal

The census records public bus service for Barijal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barijal from other places

Barijal lies about 21 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about 3.3 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 Barijal
Nearest railway station Chaibasa 3.3 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 4.6 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 21 km

Villages closest to Barijal

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 Barijal

As per the Census of India 2011, Barijal village had a population of 790. That makes it the 46th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Barijal village has 380 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barijal has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1045.

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

Barijal covers 238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Barijal is Chaibasa, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Barijal.

Barijal is about 21 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barijal is in Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Chaibasa is about 3.3 km away. Chāībāsa is about 4.6 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kartingutu (under 2 km), Ulihatu (under 2 km) and Burujal (under 2 km).

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

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