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About Barabigha Village

Barabigha is a small village in Jhargram tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 220, made up of 113 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721513, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barabigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barabigha village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Jhargram
Pincode 721513
Area (hectares) 87.11 hectares
Population 220
Male Population 113
Female Population 107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barabigha compares

By the 2011 count Barabigha is the 252nd largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 358 residents. Its 87.11 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Barabigha

Barabigha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barabigha 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 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bara Shirshi, Bara Shuli, Baraban Pura and Barabandhgara. 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 Barabigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Barabigha village had a population of 220. That makes it the 252nd largest of the 442 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 358 residents.

Barabigha village has 113 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barabigha has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Barabigha is 721513. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barabigha covers 87.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barabigha falls under Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barabigha notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 Barabigha.

Barabigha is in Jhargram tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Barabigha today is likely to be higher.

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