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About Barbil Village

Barbil is a mid sized village in Manjhari tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,360, made up of 679 males and 681 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barbil Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barbil village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Manjhari
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 270.81 hectares
Population 1,360
Male Population 679
Female Population 681
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barbil compares

By the 2011 count Barbil is the 17th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 270.81 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Barbil

Barbil is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barbil as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Barbil from other places

Barbil lies about 42 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Talaburu, about 19 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 Barbil
Tehsil headquarters Manjhari 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Talaburu 19 km
Nearest town Rairangpur 25 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 42 km

Villages closest to Barbil

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barbil village had a population of 1,360. That makes it the 17th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Barbil village has 679 males and 681 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barbil has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

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

Barbil covers 270.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barbil falls under Manjhari tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barbil is Talaburu, about 19 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 village for Barbil.

Barbil is about 42 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barbil is in Manjhari tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Manjhari is about 3.2 km away. Talaburu is about 19 km away. Rairangpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maliru (under 2 km), Bara Ranju (1.5 km) and Bharbhariya (1.5 km).

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

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