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About Barcharana Village

Barcharana is a small village in Madanpur Rampur tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 39, made up of 15 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766100, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barcharana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barcharana village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Madanpur Rampur
Pincode 766100
Area (hectares) 29 hectares
Population 39
Male Population 15
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,600
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barcharana compares

By the 2011 count Barcharana is the 268th largest of the 288 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 452 residents. Its 29 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1037.

Getting to Barcharana

Barcharana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barcharana as Available within 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 Barcharana from other places

Barcharana lies about 10 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nayagarh Town, about 8.6 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 Barcharana
Nearest railway station Nayagarh Town 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Madanpur Rampur 10 km
District headquarters Kalahandi 10 km
Nearest town Khordha 49 km

Villages closest to Barcharana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Madanpur Rampur 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 Barcharana

As per the Census of India 2011, Barcharana village had a population of 39. That makes it the 268th largest of the 288 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 452 residents.

Barcharana village has 15 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barcharana has about 1600 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Barcharana is 766100. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barcharana covers 29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barcharana falls under Madanpur Rampur tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Barcharana is Nayagarh Town, about 8.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barcharana.

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

Barcharana is in Madanpur Rampur tehsil of Kalahandi district. Nayagarh Town is about 8.6 km away. Madanpur Rampur is about 10 km away. Kalahandi 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 Chitra (under 2 km), Paramanandapur (2.9 km) and Barbandha (4.2 km).

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

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