About Barkakura Village

Barkakura is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,072, made up of 510 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,102 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkakura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkakura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835234
Area (hectares)	472.78 hectares
Population	1,072
Male Population	510
Female Population	562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,102
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkakura compares

By the 2011 count Barkakura is the 20th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 472.78 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Barkakura

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

How far is Barkakura from other places

Barkakura lies about 51 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 10 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 Barkakura
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	10 km
Nearest town	Khunti	37 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	51 km

Villages closest to Barkakura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkakura village had a population of 1,072. That makes it the 20th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Barkakura village has 510 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkakura has about 1102 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Barkakura is 835234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkakura covers 472.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkakura falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barkakura is Bakaspur, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barkakura.

Barkakura is about 51 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkakura is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Lapung is about 5.5 km away. Bakaspur is about 10 km away. Khunti is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.