About Barota Village

Barota is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 129, made up of 71 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176099, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barota village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176099
Area (hectares)	25.3 hectares
Population	129
Male Population	71
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	817
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barota compares

By the 2011 count Barota is the 310th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 25.3 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Barota

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

How far is Barota from other places

Barota lies about 9.7 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Samloti, about 4.2 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 Barota
Nearest railway station	Samloti	4.2 km
District headquarters	Kangra	9.7 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	20 km

Villages closest to Barota

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.

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Common questions about Barota

As per the Census of India 2011, Barota village had a population of 129. That makes it the 310th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Barota village has 71 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barota has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Barota is 176099. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barota covers 25.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Barota is Samloti, about 4.2 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 village for Barota.

Barota is about 9.7 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barota is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Samloti is about 4.2 km away. Kangra is about 9.7 km away. Dharamsala is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.