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About Baraghutu Village

Baraghutu is a small village in Khatra tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 495, made up of 270 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baraghutu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baraghutu village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Khatra
Pincode 722140
Area (hectares) 113.4 hectares
Population 495
Male Population 270
Female Population 225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
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 Baraghutu compares

By the 2011 count Baraghutu is the 86th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 722 residents. Its 113.4 hectares work out to about 4.4 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 958.

Getting to Baraghutu

Baraghutu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baraghutu 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. The nearest villages by name are Bankati, Bansnala, Bantilla and Bara Gari. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Baraghutu

As per the Census of India 2011, Baraghutu village had a population of 495. That makes it the 86th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 722 residents.

Baraghutu village has 270 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baraghutu has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Baraghutu is 722140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baraghutu covers 113.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baraghutu falls under Khatra tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Baraghutu notes the nearest railway station 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 Baraghutu.

Baraghutu is in Khatra tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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