About Baru Village

Baru is a small village in Tamar I tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 147 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baru village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Tamar I
Pincode	835225
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	300
Male Population	147
Female Population	153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baru compares

By the 2011 count Baru is the 107th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Baru

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

Baru lies about 70 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Mahali Marup, about 18 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 Baru
Nearest railway station	Mahali Marup	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tamar I	23 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	29 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	70 km

Villages closest to Baru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tamar I 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 Baru

As per the Census of India 2011, Baru village had a population of 300. That makes it the 107th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Baru village has 147 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baru has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Baru is 835225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baru covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baru falls under Tamar I tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baru is Mahali Marup, about 18 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baru.

Baru is about 70 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baru is in Tamar I tehsil of Ranchi district. Mahali Marup is about 18 km away. Tamar I is about 23 km away. Chakradharpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.