About Barkut Village

Barkut is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 57 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,316 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176088, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkut Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkut village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176088
Area (hectares)	80 hectares
Population	132
Male Population	57
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,316
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkut compares

By the 2011 count Barkut is the 156th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 80 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Barkut

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

Barkut lies about 21 km from Kangra, 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 Barkut
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	27 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Barkut

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkut village had a population of 132. That makes it the 156th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Barkut village has 57 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkut has about 1316 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Barkut is 176088. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkut covers 80 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.

Barkut falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barkut 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 Barkut.

Barkut is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkut is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Baijnath is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.