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About Barakhal Village

Barakhal is a mid sized village in Mehdawal tehsil, in the district of Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 673, made up of 363 males and 310 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.03 hectares hectares.

Barakhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barakhal village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sant Kabir Nagar
Tehsil Mehdawal
Area (hectares) 169.03 hectares
Population 673
Male Population 363
Female Population 310
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barakhal compares

By the 2011 count Barakhal is the 230th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 991 residents. Its 169.03 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 981.

Getting to Barakhal

The census records public bus service for Barakhal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Barakhal from other places

Barakhal lies about 26 km from Sant Kabir Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Ramchaura, about 14 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 Barakhal
Tehsil headquarters Mehdawal 1.9 km
Nearest town Mehndāwal 1.9 km
Nearest railway station Ramchaura 14 km
District headquarters Sant Kabir Nagar 26 km

Villages closest to Barakhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barakhal village had a population of 673. That makes it the 230th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 991 residents.

Barakhal village has 363 males and 310 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barakhal has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Barakhal covers 169.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barakhal falls under Mehdawal tehsil of Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barakhal is Ramchaura, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Barakhal.

Barakhal is about 26 km from Sant Kabir Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barakhal is in Mehdawal tehsil of Sant Kabir Nagar district. Mehdawal is about 1.9 km away. Mehndāwal is about 1.9 km away. Ramchaura is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bankata (under 2 km), Suarahwa (under 2 km) and Sunaura Guman Rai (under 2 km).

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

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