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About Barog Village

Barog is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 86 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176117
Area (hectares) 62.97 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 86
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barog compares

By the 2011 count Barog is the 80th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 62.97 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1207.

Getting to Barog

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

Barog lies about 11 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Majheran Himachal, about 30 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 Barog
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 5.9 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Majheran Himachal 30 km
Nearest town Mandi 39 km

Villages closest to Barog

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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 Barog

As per the Census of India 2011, Barog village had a population of 173. That makes it the 80th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Barog village has 86 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barog has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Barog is 176117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barog covers 62.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barog falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barog is Majheran Himachal, about 30 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 Barog.

Barog is about 11 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barog is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 5.9 km away. Hamirpur is about 11 km away. Majheran Himachal is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lahul (3.9 km), Banal (3.9 km) and Bhatehr (4.0 km).

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

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