About Barota Village

Barota is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 124 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, 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	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	32.69 hectares
Population	259
Male Population	124
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,089
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 59th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 32.69 hectares work out to about 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1107.

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 Jawalamukhi Road, about 8.0 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	Jawalamukhi Road	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	10 km
District headquarters	Kangra	16 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	31 km

Villages closest to Barota

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 Barota

As per the Census of India 2011, Barota village had a population of 259. That makes it the 59th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Barota village has 124 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barota has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Barota is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barota covers 32.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Barota is Jawalamukhi Road, about 8.0 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 Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 8.0 km away. Jawalamukhi is about 10 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.