About Barakhail Village

Barakhail is a small village in Balurghat tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 147 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barakhail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barakhail village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Balurghat
Pincode	733151
Area (hectares)	67.93 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	147
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
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 Barakhail compares

By the 2011 count Barakhail is the 236th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 67.93 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 959.

Getting to Barakhail

Barakhail is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barakhail 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 Baodhara, Bara, Bara Kashipur and Bara Raghunathpur. 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.

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Common questions about Barakhail

As per the Census of India 2011, Barakhail village had a population of 273. That makes it the 236th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Barakhail village has 147 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barakhail has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Barakhail is 733151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barakhail covers 67.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barakhail falls under Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barakhail 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 Barakhail.

Barakhail is in Balurghat tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur 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.