About Bharasa Village

Bharasa is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 168 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharasa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172030
Area (hectares)	144.14 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	168
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,083
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharasa compares

By the 2011 count Bharasa is the 39th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 144.14 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Bharasa

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

Bharasa lies about 42 km from Shimla. 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 Bharasa
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	6.4 km
District headquarters	Shimla	42 km

Villages closest to Bharasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharasa village had a population of 350. That makes it the 39th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Bharasa village has 168 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharasa has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Bharasa is 172030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharasa covers 144.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bharasa falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Bharasa notes the nearest railway station 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 Bharasa.

Bharasa is about 42 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharasa is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 6.4 km away. Shimla is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.