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About Barakhula Village

Barakhula is a small village in Bundwan tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 115 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barakhula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barakhula village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Bundwan
Pincode 723129
Area (hectares) 224.25 hectares
Population 232
Male Population 115
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
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 Barakhula compares

By the 2011 count Barakhula is the 109th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 224.25 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Barakhula

Barakhula is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barakhula 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 Bandoan, Bangrisamil Alias Jaragora, Bara Parasia and Barakala. 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 Barakhula

As per the Census of India 2011, Barakhula village had a population of 232. That makes it the 109th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Barakhula village has 115 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barakhula has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Barakhula is 723129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barakhula covers 224.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barakhula falls under Bundwan tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barakhula 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 Barakhula.

Barakhula is in Bundwan tehsil of Puruliya 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 Barakhula today is likely to be higher.

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