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About Barapadi Village

Barapadi is a small village in Bant tehsil, in the district of Bhadrak, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 150 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 756144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barapadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barapadi village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Bhadrak
Tehsil Bant
Pincode 756144
Area (hectares) 73 hectares
Population 280
Male Population 150
Female Population 130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barapadi compares

By the 2011 count Barapadi is the 49th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 73 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Barapadi

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

How far is Barapadi from other places

Barapadi lies about 10 km from Bhadrak, and the nearest railway station is Kapali Road, 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 Barapadi
Nearest railway station Kapali Road 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Bant 10 km
District headquarters Bhadrak 10 km

Villages closest to Barapadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barapadi village had a population of 280. That makes it the 49th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Barapadi village has 150 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barapadi has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Barapadi is 756144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barapadi covers 73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barapadi falls under Bant tehsil of Bhadrak district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Barapadi is Kapali Road, about 4.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Barapadi.

Barapadi is about 10 km from Bhadrak in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barapadi is in Bant tehsil of Bhadrak district. Kapali Road is about 4.6 km away. Bant is about 10 km away. Bhadrak is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barapadaratagadia (under 2 km), Gharapada (under 2 km) and Trikona (7.1 km).

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

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