About Bara Garaon Village

Bara Garaon is a mid sized village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 759, made up of 364 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,085 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176049, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bara Garaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bara Garaon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	176049
Area (hectares)	151.9 hectares
Population	759
Male Population	364
Female Population	395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,085
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bara Garaon compares

By the 2011 count Bara Garaon is the 8th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 151.9 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to Bara Garaon

Bara Garaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bara Garaon 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 Bara Garaon from other places

Bara Garaon lies about 39 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 33 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 Bara Garaon
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhatwal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	33 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	39 km

Villages closest to Bara Garaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhatwal 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 Bara Garaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bara Garaon village had a population of 759. That makes it the 8th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Bara Garaon village has 364 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bara Garaon has about 1085 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Bara Garaon is 176049. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bara Garaon covers 151.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bara Garaon falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bara Garaon is Kiratpur Sahib, about 33 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 Bara Garaon.

Bara Garaon is about 39 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bara Garaon is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 18 km away. Dhatwal is about 24 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.