About Barel Village

Barel is a mid sized village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,023, made up of 551 males and 472 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barel village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Rath
Pincode	210431
Area (hectares)	502 hectares
Population	1,023
Male Population	551
Female Population	472
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barel compares

By the 2011 count Barel is the 59th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 502 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Barel

Barel is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barel as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Barel from other places

Barel lies about 26 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 23 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 Barel
Nearest town	Mandi	17 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rath	26 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	26 km

Villages closest to Barel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barel village had a population of 1,023. That makes it the 59th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Barel village has 551 males and 472 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barel has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

The pincode recorded for Barel is 210431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barel covers 502 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barel falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barel is Joginder Nagar, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barel.

Barel is about 26 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barel is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Mandi is about 17 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 23 km away. Rath is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.