About Barkitangar Village

Barkitangar is a small village in Jaldega tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 241, made up of 124 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkitangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkitangar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Jaldega
Pincode	835211
Area (hectares)	237.03 hectares
Population	241
Male Population	124
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkitangar compares

By the 2011 count Barkitangar is the 53rd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 237.03 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Barkitangar

Barkitangar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barkitangar as Available within 5 - 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barkitangar from other places

Barkitangar lies about 28 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Kanaroan, about 13 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 Barkitangar
Tehsil headquarters	Jaldega	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kanaroan	13 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	16 km
District headquarters	Simdega	28 km

Villages closest to Barkitangar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkitangar village had a population of 241. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 58 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Barkitangar village has 124 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkitangar has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Barkitangar is 835211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkitangar covers 237.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barkitangar falls under Jaldega tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barkitangar is Kanaroan, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barkitangar.

Barkitangar is about 28 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkitangar is in Jaldega tehsil of Simdega district. Jaldega is about 5.8 km away. Kanaroan is about 13 km away. Birmitrapur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.