About Barhanu Village

Barhanu is a small village in Nerua tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 101 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barhanu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barhanu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nerua
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	39.14 hectares
Population	209
Male Population	101
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barhanu compares

By the 2011 count Barhanu is the 64th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 39.14 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Barhanu

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

Barhanu lies about 51 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 Barhanu
Tehsil headquarters	Nerua	18 km
District headquarters	Shimla	51 km

Villages closest to Barhanu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barhanu village had a population of 209. That makes it the 64th largest of the 186 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Barhanu village has 101 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barhanu has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Barhanu is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barhanu covers 39.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barhanu falls under Nerua tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Barhanu 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 Barhanu.

Barhanu is about 51 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barhanu is in Nerua tehsil of Shimla district. Nerua is about 18 km away. Shimla is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.