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About Barachu Village

Barachu is a mid sized village in Kharagpur II tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 781, made up of 383 males and 398 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.9 hectares hectares.

Barachu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barachu village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Kharagpur II
Area (hectares) 32.9 hectares
Population 781
Male Population 383
Female Population 398
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barachu compares

By the 2011 count Barachu is the 66th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 560 residents. Its 32.9 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Barachu

Barachu is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Barachu as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bar Dogechhe, Bar Hindu, Bar Janardanpur and Bar Phakir. 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 Barachu

As per the Census of India 2011, Barachu village had a population of 781. That makes it the 66th largest of the 317 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 560 residents.

Barachu village has 383 males and 398 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barachu has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Barachu covers 32.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Barachu falls under Kharagpur II tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barachu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Barachu.

Barachu is in Kharagpur II 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 Barachu today is likely to be higher.

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