About Bharal Village

Bharal is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 194, made up of 95 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	52.88 hectares
Population	194
Male Population	95
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharal compares

By the 2011 count Bharal is the 84th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 52.88 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Bharal

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

Bharal lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 Bharal
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	26 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	46 km

Villages closest to Bharal

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 Bharal

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharal village had a population of 194. That makes it the 84th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Bharal village has 95 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharal has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

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

Bharal covers 52.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bharal is Jawalamukhi Road, about 26 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 Bharal.

Bharal is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharal is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 7.8 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 26 km away. Kangra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.