About Barsola Village

Barsola is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 16 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,625 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barsola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barsola village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176101
Area (hectares)	84.52 hectares
Population	42
Male Population	16
Female Population	26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,625
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barsola compares

By the 2011 count Barsola is the 100th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 84.52 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1176.

Getting to Barsola

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

Barsola lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 9.4 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 Barsola
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	20 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km

Villages closest to Barsola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barsola village had a population of 42. That makes it the 100th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Barsola village has 16 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barsola has about 1625 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Barsola is 176101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barsola covers 84.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barsola falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barsola is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 9.4 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 Barsola.

Barsola is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barsola is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 9.4 km away. Dhira is about 20 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.