About Barketunga Village

Barketunga is a small village in Kolebira tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 496, made up of 244 males and 252 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barketunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barketunga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Kolebira
Pincode	835211
Area (hectares)	341 hectares
Population	496
Male Population	244
Female Population	252
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barketunga compares

By the 2011 count Barketunga is the 41st largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,346 residents. Its 341 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Barketunga

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

How far is Barketunga from other places

Barketunga lies about 38 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Bano, about 4.6 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 Barketunga
Nearest railway station	Bano	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kolebira	17 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	33 km
District headquarters	Simdega	38 km

Villages closest to Barketunga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barketunga village had a population of 496. That makes it the 41st largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,346 residents.

Barketunga village has 244 males and 252 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barketunga has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

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

Barketunga covers 341 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barketunga falls under Kolebira tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Barketunga is Bano, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 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 Barketunga.

Barketunga is about 38 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barketunga is in Kolebira tehsil of Simdega district. Bano is about 4.6 km away. Kolebira is about 17 km away. Birmitrapur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.