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About Birbal Kandar Village

Birbal Kandar is a mid sized village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 802, made up of 409 males and 393 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 434 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birbal Kandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birbal Kandar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Pincode 816120
Area (hectares) 434 hectares
Population 802
Male Population 409
Female Population 393
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 961
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Birbal Kandar compares

By the 2011 count Birbal Kandar is the 31st 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 434 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Birbal Kandar

Birbal Kandar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Birbal Kandar 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 Birbal Kandar from other places

Birbal Kandar lies about 12 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 8.7 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 Birbal Kandar
Nearest railway station Karanpurato 8.7 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 12 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Borio 13 km

Villages closest to Birbal Kandar

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.

Common questions about Birbal Kandar

As per the Census of India 2011, Birbal Kandar village had a population of 802. That makes it the 31st largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Birbal Kandar village has 409 males and 393 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birbal Kandar has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Birbal Kandar is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birbal Kandar covers 434 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Birbal Kandar falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Birbal Kandar is Karanpurato, about 8.7 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 Birbal Kandar.

Birbal Kandar is about 12 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birbal Kandar is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 8.7 km away. Sahibganj is about 12 km away. Sāhibganj is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandjhi (under 2 km), Banjhi Bazar (under 2 km) and Tetuliya (1.7 km).

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

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