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About Bharsawan Village

Bharsawan is a small village in Maudaha tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 432, made up of 225 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 262.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharsawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharsawan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Maudaha
Pincode 210523
Area (hectares) 262.37 hectares
Population 432
Male Population 225
Female Population 207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 920
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharsawan compares

By the 2011 count Bharsawan is the 118th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 262.37 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 859.

Getting to Bharsawan

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

Bharsawan lies about 31 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 44 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 Bharsawan
Nearest town Sundarnagar 8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Maudaha 31 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 31 km
Nearest railway station Olinda 44 km

Villages closest to Bharsawan

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

Common questions about Bharsawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharsawan village had a population of 432. That makes it the 118th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Bharsawan village has 225 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharsawan has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 859.

The pincode recorded for Bharsawan is 210523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharsawan covers 262.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bharsawan falls under Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bharsawan is Olinda, about 44 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 for Bharsawan.

Bharsawan is about 31 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharsawan is in Maudaha tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 8.8 km away. Maudaha is about 31 km away. Hamirpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khera (4.1 km), Sarha (4.7 km) and Tilsaras (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bharsawan today is likely to be higher.

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