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About Batail Village

Batail is a mid sized village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 585 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batail village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Barharwa
Pincode 816101
Area (hectares) 160 hectares
Population 1,191
Male Population 585
Female Population 606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Batail compares

By the 2011 count Batail is the 39th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 160 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Batail

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

How far is Batail from other places

Batail lies about 48 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 3.0 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 Batail
Tehsil headquarters Barharwa 2.8 km
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 3.0 km
Nearest town Farakka 13 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 48 km

Villages closest to Batail

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

Common questions about Batail

As per the Census of India 2011, Batail village had a population of 1,191. That makes it the 39th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Batail village has 585 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batail has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Batail is 816101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batail covers 160 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Batail falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Batail is Barharwa Junction, about 3.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Batail is about 48 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batail is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Barharwa is about 2.8 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 3.0 km away. Farakka is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dulampur (under 2 km), Bhimpara (under 2 km) and Bara Gargama (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Batail today is likely to be higher.

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