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About Broti Village

Broti is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 88, made up of 36 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,444 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Broti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Broti village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176204
Area (hectares) 84.7 hectares
Population 88
Male Population 36
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,444
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Broti compares

By the 2011 count Broti is the 316th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 84.7 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Broti

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

Broti lies about 45 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandwal, about 10 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 Broti
Nearest railway station Kandwal 10 km
Nearest town Mamun 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 15 km
District headquarters Kangra 45 km

Villages closest to Broti

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

Common questions about Broti

As per the Census of India 2011, Broti village had a population of 88. That makes it the 316th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Broti village has 36 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Broti has about 1444 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Broti is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Broti covers 84.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Broti falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Broti is Kandwal, about 10 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 Broti.

Broti is about 45 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Broti is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Kandwal is about 10 km away. Mamun is about 14 km away. Nurpur is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manwal Jatan (under 2 km), Manwal Nagalian (under 2 km) and Tarah Sughalan (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Broti today is likely to be higher.

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