About Barru Village

Barru is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 398, made up of 214 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176031
Area (hectares)	18.91 hectares
Population	398
Male Population	214
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barru compares

By the 2011 count Barru is the 32nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 18.91 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Barru

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

Barru 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 Barru
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	10 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Barru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barru village had a population of 398. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Barru village has 214 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barru has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Barru is 176031. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barru covers 18.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Barru falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barru 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 Barru.

Barru 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.

Barru is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 10 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 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.