About Barla Village

Barla is a small village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 103 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,252 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	174311
Area (hectares)	67.99 hectares
Population	232
Male Population	103
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,252
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barla compares

By the 2011 count Barla is the 53rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 67.99 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to Barla

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

Barla 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 Barla
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 Barla

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 Barla

As per the Census of India 2011, Barla village had a population of 232. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Barla village has 103 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barla has about 1252 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Barla is 174311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barla covers 67.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barla falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barla 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 Barla.

Barla 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.

Barla 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.