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About Baurkela Village

Baurkela is a small village in Lahunipara tehsil, in the district of Sundargarh, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 58 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 770041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baurkela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baurkela village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Sundargarh
Tehsil Lahunipara
Pincode 770041
Area (hectares) 261 hectares
Population 108
Male Population 58
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 862
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Baurkela compares

By the 2011 count Baurkela is the 83rd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 454 residents. Its 261 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Baurkela

Baurkela is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Baurkela as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baurkela from other places

Baurkela lies about 97 km from Sundargarh, and the nearest railway station is Gaganaposh, about 22 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 Baurkela
Tehsil headquarters Lahunipara 12 km
Nearest railway station Gaganaposh 22 km
Nearest town Deogarh 33 km
District headquarters Sundargarh 97 km

Villages closest to Baurkela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baurkela village had a population of 108. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 454 residents.

Baurkela village has 58 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baurkela has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Baurkela is 770041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baurkela covers 261 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baurkela falls under Lahunipara tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Baurkela is Gaganaposh, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Baurkela.

Baurkela is about 97 km from Sundargarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baurkela is in Lahunipara tehsil of Sundargarh district. Lahunipara is about 12 km away. Gaganaposh is about 22 km away. Deogarh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Urumkela (5.4 km), San Nuagaon (6.1 km) and Surupatla (6.3 km).

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

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