About Barain Village

Barain is a small village in Thunag tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6, made up of 2 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barain village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Thunag
Pincode	175054
Area (hectares)	1.16 hectares
Population	6
Male Population	2
Female Population	4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	2,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Barain compares

By the 2011 count Barain is the 152nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 287 residents. Its 1.16 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Barain

Barain is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barain as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barain from other places

Barain lies about 41 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 43 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 Barain
Tehsil headquarters	Thunag	13 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	35 km
District headquarters	Mandi	41 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	43 km

Villages closest to Barain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barain village had a population of 6. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 287 residents.

Barain village has 2 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barain has about 2000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Barain is 175054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barain covers 1.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barain falls under Thunag tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barain is Summer Hill, about 43 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Barain.

Barain is about 41 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barain is in Thunag tehsil of Mandi district. Thunag is about 13 km away. Sundarnagar is about 35 km away. Mandi is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.