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About Baryal Behr Village

Baryal Behr is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 361, made up of 174 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baryal Behr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baryal Behr village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Rakkar
Pincode 177043
Area (hectares) 130.06 hectares
Population 361
Male Population 174
Female Population 187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,075
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baryal Behr compares

By the 2011 count Baryal Behr is the 28th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 130.06 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Baryal Behr

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

Baryal Behr 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 Baryal Behr
Tehsil headquarters Rakkar 11 km
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 16 km
District headquarters Kangra 21 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 32 km

Villages closest to Baryal Behr

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rakkar 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 Baryal Behr

As per the Census of India 2011, Baryal Behr village had a population of 361. That makes it the 28th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Baryal Behr village has 174 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baryal Behr has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Baryal Behr is 177043. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baryal Behr covers 130.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baryal Behr falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baryal Behr 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 Baryal Behr.

Baryal Behr 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.

Baryal Behr is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Rakkar is about 11 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.

The closest recorded villages are Chauli (1.9 km), Sihoti (3.7 km) and Tikkar (4.1 km).

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

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