About Bar Kalan Village

Bar Kalan is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 195, made up of 93 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176055, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bar Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176055
Area (hectares)	52.62 hectares
Population	195
Male Population	93
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bar Kalan is the 71st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 52.62 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Bar Kalan

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

Bar 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 Bar Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Bar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khundian 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 Bar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bar Kalan village had a population of 195. That makes it the 71st largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Bar Kalan village has 93 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bar Kalan has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Bar Kalan is 176055. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bar Kalan covers 52.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bar Kalan falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bar 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bar Kalan.

Bar 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.

Bar Kalan is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 3.1 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.