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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANJAN NIMAN KHALKHO
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- LGD code
- 376489
- Pincode
- 835212
- Post office
- Kurdeg
- Population
- 4,944
- Households
- 1,108
- Literacy rate
- 55%
- Sex ratio
- 1011 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 2,591
Census 2011 · in context
How Barkibiura compares
By population, Barkibiura ranks #2 of 25 villages in Kurdeg mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.0%
−2.3% vs mandal average
- Barkibiura
- 55.0%
- Kurdeg mandal
- 57.3%
- Simdega district
- 57.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,011
+2 vs mandal average
- Barkibiura
- 1,011
- Kurdeg mandal
- 1,009
Household size
people per home
4.5
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Barkibiura
- 4.5
- Kurdeg mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Barkibiura at a glance
Barkibiura is a village of 4,944 people in 1,108 households (Census 2011) in Kurdeg block, Simdega district, Jharkhand, the 2nd-largest of 25 villages in Kurdeg block. Literacy is 55%, 2 points below the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 1,011 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 835212, served by Kurdeg post office; the LGD village code is 376489. The sarpanch is ANJAN NIMAN KHALKHO, and the village votes in Mandar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Shilpi Neha Tirkey. The population is estimated at 5,829 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Barkibiura
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 4
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- SIMDEGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 50
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BARKIBIURA
- Total area (ha)
- 2,677
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 23.36
- Forest area (ha)
- 1,212.44
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Barkibiura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Barkibiura
- LGD code
- 376489
- Pincode
- 835212
- Post office
- Kurdeg
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,944
- Population (projected 2026)
- 5,829
- Households
- 1,108
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1011
- Literacy rate
- 55.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Lohardaga
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mandar
- Member of Parliament
- Sukhdeo Bhagat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Shilpi Neha Tirkey
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANJAN NIMAN KHALKHO
- Block / Mandal
- Kurdeg
- Nearest railway station
- Itki (5.7 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 835212
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Barkibiura
Other villages in Kurdeg mandal
View all 24 →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)