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About Barabakad Village

Barabakad is a small village in Jhalda I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 101 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barabakad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barabakad village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Jhalda I
Pincode 723202
Area (hectares) 74.13 hectares
Population 184
Male Population 101
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 822
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 Barabakad compares

By the 2011 count Barabakad is the 120th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 74.13 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 Barabakad

Barabakad is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barabakad 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 Bangasur, Banriyapilai, Bansa and Bara Ganta. 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 Barabakad

As per the Census of India 2011, Barabakad village had a population of 184. That makes it the 120th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Barabakad village has 101 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barabakad has about 822 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 Barabakad is 723202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barabakad covers 74.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barabakad falls under Jhalda I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Barabakad 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 Barabakad.

Barabakad is in Jhalda I 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 Barabakad today is likely to be higher.

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