About Bar Village

Bar is a small village in Lahul tehsil, in the district of Lahul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 12 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Lahul and Spiti
Tehsil	Lahul
Pincode	175132
Area (hectares)	1.66 hectares
Population	20
Male Population	12
Female Population	8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bar compares

By the 2011 count Bar is the 98th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 78 residents. Its 1.66 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Bar

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

Bar lies about 96 km from Lahul and Spiti, 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 Bar
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lahul	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km
District headquarters	Lahul and Spiti	96 km

Villages closest to Bar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bar village had a population of 20. That makes it the 98th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 78 residents.

Bar village has 12 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bar has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Bar is 175132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bar covers 1.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bar falls under Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bar 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 10+ km distance for Bar.

Bar is about 96 km from Lahul and Spiti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bar is in Lahul tehsil of Lahul and Spiti district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Lahul is about 21 km away. Dharamsala is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.