About Barua Khas Village

Barua Khas is a mid sized village in Sangla tehsil, in the district of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 967, made up of 470 males and 497 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 289.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barua Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barua Khas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kinnaur
Tehsil	Sangla
Pincode	172105
Area (hectares)	289.31 hectares
Population	967
Male Population	470
Female Population	497
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barua Khas compares

By the 2011 count Barua Khas is the 4th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 289.31 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 815.

Getting to Barua Khas

Barua Khas is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barua Khas as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Barua Khas from other places

Barua Khas lies about 17 km from Kinnaur. 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 Barua Khas
Tehsil headquarters	Sangla	9.2 km
District headquarters	Kinnaur	17 km
Nearest town	Shimla	104 km

Villages closest to Barua Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sangla 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 Barua Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Barua Khas village had a population of 967. That makes it the 4th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Barua Khas village has 470 males and 497 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barua Khas has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 815.

The pincode recorded for Barua Khas is 172105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barua Khas covers 289.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barua Khas falls under Sangla tehsil of Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Barua Khas notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barua Khas.

Barua Khas is about 17 km from Kinnaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barua Khas is in Sangla tehsil of Kinnaur district. Sangla is about 9.2 km away. Kinnaur is about 17 km away. Shimla is about 104 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.