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About Barakhanji Village

Barakhanji is a small village in Katwa II tehsil, in the district of Barddhaman, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 489, made up of 246 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 713502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barakhanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barakhanji village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Barddhaman
Tehsil Katwa II
Pincode 713502
Area (hectares) 126.63 hectares
Population 489
Male Population 246
Female Population 243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Barakhanji compares

By the 2011 count Barakhanji is the 55th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,170 residents. Its 126.63 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Barakhanji

Barakhanji 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 Barakhanji as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Amul, Auria, Baikunthapur and Bara Kulgachhi. 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 Barakhanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Barakhanji village had a population of 489. That makes it the 55th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,170 residents.

Barakhanji village has 246 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barakhanji has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Barakhanji is 713502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barakhanji covers 126.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barakhanji falls under Katwa II tehsil of Barddhaman district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barakhanji notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Barakhanji.

Barakhanji is in Katwa II tehsil of Barddhaman 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 Barakhanji today is likely to be higher.

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