About Bharanta Village

Bharanta is a mid sized village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 611, made up of 274 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,230 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharanta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharanta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176107
Area (hectares)	101.85 hectares
Population	611
Male Population	274
Female Population	337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,230
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharanta compares

By the 2011 count Bharanta is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 101.85 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Bharanta

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

Bharanta lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 14 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 Bharanta
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	2.2 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	33 km

Villages closest to Bharanta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharanta village had a population of 611. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Bharanta village has 274 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharanta has about 1230 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Bharanta is 176107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharanta covers 101.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bharanta falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bharanta is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 14 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 Bharanta.

Bharanta is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharanta is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 2.2 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.