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About Barnota Awal Village

Barnota Awal is a small village in Sarkaghat tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 188, made up of 92 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barnota Awal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barnota Awal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Sarkaghat
Pincode 175026
Area (hectares) 83 hectares
Population 188
Male Population 92
Female Population 96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barnota Awal compares

By the 2011 count Barnota Awal is the 129th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 83 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Barnota Awal

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

Barnota Awal lies about 20 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, 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 Barnota Awal
Nearest railway station Buffer Stop 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarkaghat 18 km
District headquarters Mandi 20 km

Villages closest to Barnota Awal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sarkaghat 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 Barnota Awal

As per the Census of India 2011, Barnota Awal village had a population of 188. That makes it the 129th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Barnota Awal village has 92 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barnota Awal has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Barnota Awal is 175026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barnota Awal covers 83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barnota Awal falls under Sarkaghat tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barnota Awal is Buffer Stop, 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 Barnota Awal.

Barnota Awal is about 20 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barnota Awal is in Sarkaghat tehsil of Mandi district. Buffer Stop is about 16 km away. Sarkaghat is about 18 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badal (under 2 km), Baihal (under 2 km) and Dalaut (under 2 km).

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

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