About Barota Village

Barota is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 139 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barota village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177114
Area (hectares)	56.85 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	139
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barota compares

By the 2011 count Barota is the 147th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 56.85 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 1082.

Getting to Barota

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

Barota lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 7.0 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 Barota
Nearest railway station	Tripal	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	7.7 km
District headquarters	Kangra	16 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	31 km

Villages closest to Barota

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Barota

As per the Census of India 2011, Barota village had a population of 256. That makes it the 147th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Barota village has 139 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barota has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Barota is 177114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barota covers 56.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barota falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barota is Tripal, about 7.0 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 Barota.

Barota is about 16 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barota is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Tripal is about 7.0 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 7.7 km away. Kangra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.