About Barkoli Village

Barkoli is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 129 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barkoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkoli village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171226
Area (hectares)	142.26 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	129
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkoli compares

By the 2011 count Barkoli is the 42nd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 142.26 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Barkoli

Barkoli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barkoli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Barkoli from other places

Barkoli lies about 34 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 30 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 Barkoli
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	14 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	30 km
Nearest town	Solan	32 km
District headquarters	Shimla	34 km

Villages closest to Barkoli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkoli village had a population of 246. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Barkoli village has 129 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkoli has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Barkoli is 171226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barkoli covers 142.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barkoli falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barkoli is Salogra, about 30 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Barkoli.

Barkoli is about 34 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkoli is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 14 km away. Salogra is about 30 km away. Solan is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.