About Barar Village

Barar is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 719, made up of 377 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 662.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Kota
Pincode	495116
Area (hectares)	662.36 hectares
Population	719
Male Population	377
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barar compares

By the 2011 count Barar is the 101st largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 662.36 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Barar

Barar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barar from other places

Barar lies about 36 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 2.7 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Barar
Nearest railway station	Salkaroad	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kota	9.7 km
Nearest town	Ratanpur	18 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	36 km

Villages closest to Barar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kota tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Barar

As per the Census of India 2011, Barar village had a population of 719. That makes it the 101st largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Barar village has 377 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barar has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Barar is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barar covers 662.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barar falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Barar is Salkaroad, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barar.

Barar is about 36 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barar is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Salkaroad is about 2.7 km away. Kota is about 9.7 km away. Ratanpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.