About Baralu Village

Baralu is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 224, made up of 98 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,286 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176096, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baralu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baralu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176096
Area (hectares)	40.92 hectares
Population	224
Male Population	98
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,286
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baralu compares

By the 2011 count Baralu is the 103rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 40.92 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Baralu

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

Baralu 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 Baralu
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	19 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Baralu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baralu village had a population of 224. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Baralu village has 98 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baralu has about 1286 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Baralu is 176096. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baralu covers 40.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baralu falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baralu 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 Baralu.

Baralu 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.

Baralu is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 19 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.