Barki Saraiya

Barki Saraiya is a census town in the Sariya CD block in the Bagodar-Saria subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Barki Saraiya
Census Town
Barki Saraiya Location in Jharkhand, India Barki Saraiya Barki Saraiya (India)
Coordinates: 24.171361°N 85.898728°E
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Area
• Total	18.68 km^2 (7.21 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	18,933
• Density	1,000/km^2 (2,600/sq mi)
Languages (*For language details see Sariya (community development block)#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	825320
Telephone/ STD code	06557
Lok Sabha constituency	Kodarma
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bagodar
Website	giridih.nic.in

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the Giridih district in North Chotanagpur Division M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious/ tourist centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Barki Saraiya is located at 24.171361°N 85.898728°E.

Area overview

Giridih district is a part of the Chota Nagpur plateau, with rocky soil and extensive forests. Most of the rivers in the district flow from the west to east, except in the northern portion where the rivers flow north and north west. The Pareshnath Hill rises to a height of 4,479 feet (1,365 m). The district has coal and mica mines. It is an overwhelmingly rural district with small pockets of urbanisation.[1][2][3]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Barki Saraiya had a total population of 18,933, of which 9,954 (53%) were males and 8,979 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,988. The total number of literate persons in Barki Saraiya was 1,236 (77.52% of the population over 6 years).[4]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Giridih, Barki Saraiya covered an area of 18.68 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 56 km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 1,611 domestic electric connections, 45 road light points. Among the educational facilities it had 12 primary schools, 8 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, the nearest senior secondary school at Bagodar 13 km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 cinema theatre, 1 auditorium/ community hall. Three important commodities it produced were soaps, sweets, curd. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 1 private commercial bank, 1 cooperative bank and 1 agricultural credit society.[5]

Transport

Hazaribagh Road railway station is on the Asansol-Gaya section, a part of the Grand Chord, Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line and Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line.[6]

References

1. "District Census Handbook 2011 Giridih, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Natural Divisions, Forests: pages 8 and 9. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
2. "2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
3. "District Statistical Handbook, Giridih". Tables 2.1, 2.4, 2.6. Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Planning and Development, Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
4. "District Census Handbook, Giridih, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 292: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
5. "District Census Handbook Giridih, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 1309-1317. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
6. "53521 => 63553 Asansol-Varanasi MEMU". Time Table. Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 13 December 2020.