About Bargawan Village

Bargawan is a mid sized village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,239, made up of 699 males and 540 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 773 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210432, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bargawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bargawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Sarila
Pincode	210432
Area (hectares)	594.7 hectares
Population	1,239
Male Population	699
Female Population	540
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	773
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bargawan compares

By the 2011 count Bargawan is the 50th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 594.7 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 842.

Getting to Bargawan

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

Bargawan lies about 31 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Bargawan
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarila	31 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	31 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Bargawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bargawan village had a population of 1,239. That makes it the 50th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Bargawan village has 699 males and 540 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bargawan has about 773 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 842.

The pincode recorded for Bargawan is 210432. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bargawan covers 594.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bargawan falls under Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bargawan is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Bargawan.

Bargawan 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.

Bargawan is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Sarila 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.