About Barwe Village

Barwe is a large village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,634, made up of 1,370 males and 1,264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 462 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barwe Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwe village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	462 hectares
Population	2,634
Male Population	1,370
Female Population	1,264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barwe compares

By the 2011 count Barwe is the 7th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 462 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Barwe

Barwe is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barwe as Available within 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 Barwe from other places

Barwe lies about 20 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hundur Halt, about 3.8 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 Barwe
Nearest railway station	Hundur Halt	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	4.9 km
Nearest town	Rāmgarh	18 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	20 km

Villages closest to Barwe

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwe village had a population of 2,634. That makes it the 7th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Barwe village has 1,370 males and 1,264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwe has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Barwe is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barwe covers 462 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barwe falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barwe is Hundur Halt, about 3.8 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barwe.

Barwe is about 20 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwe is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Hundur Halt is about 3.8 km away. Ormanjhi is about 4.9 km away. Rāmgarh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.