About Barakhursi Village

Barakhursi is a mid sized village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,580, made up of 779 males and 801 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 483 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barakhursi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barakhursi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Ghatshila
Pincode	832304
Area (hectares)	483 hectares
Population	1,580
Male Population	779
Female Population	801
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barakhursi compares

By the 2011 count Barakhursi is the 9th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 483 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 990.

Getting to Barakhursi

Barakhursi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barakhursi as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barakhursi from other places

Barakhursi lies about 27 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rakha Mines, about 6.7 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 Barakhursi
Nearest railway station	Rakha Mines	6.7 km
Nearest town	Ghorabandha	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatshila	16 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	27 km

Villages closest to Barakhursi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barakhursi village had a population of 1,580. That makes it the 9th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Barakhursi village has 779 males and 801 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barakhursi has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Barakhursi is 832304. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barakhursi covers 483 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barakhursi falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barakhursi is Rakha Mines, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barakhursi.

Barakhursi is about 27 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barakhursi is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Rakha Mines is about 6.7 km away. Ghorabandha is about 15 km away. Ghatshila is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.