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About Brankar Village

Brankar is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 320 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176061, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Brankar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brankar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176061
Area (hectares) 305.74 hectares
Population 678
Male Population 320
Female Population 358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,119
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Brankar compares

By the 2011 count Brankar is the 72nd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 305.74 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Brankar

Brankar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Brankar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Brankar from other places

Brankar lies about 16 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Paror, about 2.9 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 Brankar
Nearest railway station Paror 2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 13 km
District headquarters Kangra 16 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 19 km

Villages closest to Brankar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Brankar village had a population of 678. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Brankar village has 320 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brankar has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Brankar is 176061. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Brankar covers 305.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Brankar falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Brankar is Paror, about 2.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Brankar.

Brankar 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.

Brankar is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Paror is about 2.9 km away. Palampur is about 13 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.

The closest recorded villages are Mahadev (under 2 km), Thera (under 2 km) and Darang Khas (2.1 km).

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

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