About Barapahar Village

Barapahar is a small village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 84 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 774 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832304, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barapahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barapahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Ghatshila
Pincode	832304
Area (hectares)	121 hectares
Population	149
Male Population	84
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	774
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barapahar compares

By the 2011 count Barapahar is the 120th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Barapahar

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

How far is Barapahar from other places

Barapahar lies about 45 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Salgajhari, about 4.6 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 Barapahar
Nearest town	Mango	3.5 km
Nearest railway station	Salgajhari	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghatshila	35 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	45 km

Villages closest to Barapahar

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 Barapahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Barapahar village had a population of 149. That makes it the 120th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Barapahar village has 84 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barapahar has about 774 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

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

Barapahar covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Barapahar is Salgajhari, about 4.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Barapahar.

Barapahar is about 45 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barapahar is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Mango is about 3.5 km away. Salgajhari is about 4.6 km away. Ghatshila is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.