About Bara Rakso Village

Bara Rakso is a mid sized village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 852, made up of 440 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 286 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Rakso Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Rakso village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	286 hectares
Population	852
Male Population	440
Female Population	412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Rakso compares

By the 2011 count Bara Rakso is the 27th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 286 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Bara Rakso

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

Bara Rakso lies about 15 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 9.9 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 Bara Rakso
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	9.9 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	15 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	15 km

Villages closest to Bara Rakso

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Borio 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 Bara Rakso

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Rakso village had a population of 852. That makes it the 27th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Bara Rakso village has 440 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Rakso has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Bara Rakso is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Rakso covers 286 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Rakso falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bara Rakso is Karanpurato, about 9.9 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 village for Bara Rakso.

Bara Rakso is about 15 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Rakso is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 9.6 km away. Karanpurato is about 9.9 km away. Sahibganj is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.