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About Barail Village

Barail is a small village in Kumarganj tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 158 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.94 hectares hectares.

Barail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barail village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kumarganj
Area (hectares) 64.94 hectares
Population 308
Male Population 158
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barail compares

By the 2011 count Barail is the 157th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 814 residents. Its 64.94 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Barail

Barail is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barail as Available within 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 Balta, Balupara, Banshra and Bansipur. 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 Barail

As per the Census of India 2011, Barail village had a population of 308. That makes it the 157th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 814 residents.

Barail village has 158 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barail has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 941.

Barail covers 64.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barail falls under Kumarganj tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barail notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barail.

Barail is in Kumarganj 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.

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

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