About Bharal Village

Bharal is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 28, made up of 16 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176045, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Bhoranj
Pincode	176045
Area (hectares)	5.12 hectares
Population	28
Male Population	16
Female Population	12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	750
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharal compares

By the 2011 count Bharal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 5.12 hectares work out to about 5.5 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 1213.

Getting to Bharal

Bharal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bharal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bharal from other places

Bharal lies about 22 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 Bharal
District headquarters	Hamirpur	22 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhoranj	33 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	46 km

Villages closest to Bharal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhoranj 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 Bharal

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharal village had a population of 28. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Bharal village has 16 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharal has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Bharal is 176045. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharal covers 5.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bharal falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bharal is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bharal.

Bharal is about 22 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharal is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Hamirpur is about 22 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 26 km away. Bhoranj is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.