About Barigan Village

Barigan is a small village in Jashipur tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 106 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barigan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barigan village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Mayurbhanj
Tehsil	Jashipur
Pincode	757034
Area (hectares)	136 hectares
Population	218
Male Population	106
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
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 Barigan compares

By the 2011 count Barigan is the 109th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 436 residents. Its 136 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Barigan

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

Barigan lies about 82 km from Mayurbhanj, and the nearest railway station is Badampahar, about 29 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 Barigan
Nearest town	Karanjiā	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jashipur	17 km
Nearest railway station	Badampahar	29 km
District headquarters	Mayurbhanj	82 km

Villages closest to Barigan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barigan village had a population of 218. That makes it the 109th largest of the 159 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 436 residents.

Barigan village has 106 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barigan has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Barigan is 757034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barigan covers 136 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barigan falls under Jashipur tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Barigan is Badampahar, about 29 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 Barigan.

Barigan is about 82 km from Mayurbhanj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barigan is in Jashipur tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. Karanjiā is about 14 km away. Jashipur is about 17 km away. Badampahar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.