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About Barram Kalan Village

Barram Kalan is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 191, made up of 87 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,195 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176097, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barram Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barram Kalan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176097
Area (hectares) 42.69 hectares
Population 191
Male Population 87
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,195
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barram Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Barram Kalan is the 117th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 42.69 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Barram Kalan

Barram Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barram Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Barram Kalan from other places

Barram Kalan 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 Barram Kalan
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 Barram Kalan

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.

Common questions about Barram Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Barram Kalan village had a population of 191. That makes it the 117th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Barram Kalan village has 87 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barram Kalan has about 1195 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Barram Kalan is 176097. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barram Kalan covers 42.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barram Kalan falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barram Kalan 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barram Kalan.

Barram Kalan 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.

Barram Kalan 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.

The closest recorded villages are Bar (under 2 km), Baralu (under 2 km) and Barram Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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