About Bharan Village

Bharan is a small village in Lad Bharol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 143 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,385 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Lad Bharol
Pincode	176126
Area (hectares)	122.73 hectares
Population	341
Male Population	143
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,385
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharan compares

By the 2011 count Bharan is the 14th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 122.73 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

Getting to Bharan

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

Bharan lies about 26 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Adit Junction, about 11 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 Bharan
Nearest railway station	Adit Junction	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lad Bharol	20 km
District headquarters	Mandi	26 km

Villages closest to Bharan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lad Bharol 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 Bharan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharan village had a population of 341. That makes it the 14th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Bharan village has 143 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharan has about 1385 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

The pincode recorded for Bharan is 176126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharan covers 122.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bharan falls under Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bharan is Adit Junction, about 11 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 Bharan.

Bharan is about 26 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharan is in Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district. Adit Junction is about 11 km away. Lad Bharol is about 20 km away. Mandi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.