About Bharot Village

Bharot is a small village in Shahpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 31 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Bharot compares

By the 2011 count Bharot is the 133rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 451 residents. Its 137.5 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Bharot

Bharot is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bharot as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Bharot from other places

Bharot lies about 9.4 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 8.8 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.

Villages closest to Bharot

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahpur tehsil.

• Nagan under 2 km
• Keori under 2 km
• Baintlu under 2 km
• Rachhialu under 2 km
• Jugehr 1.6 km
• Bhoi 1.9 km

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.