About Bharob Village

Bharob is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 96, made up of 50 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharob Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharob village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171219
Area (hectares)	31.99 hectares
Population	96
Male Population	50
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bharob compares

By the 2011 count Bharob is the 246th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 31.99 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Bharob

Bharob is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bharob as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bharob from other places

Bharob lies about 6.7 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 4.9 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 Bharob
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	6.7 km
District headquarters	Shimla	6.7 km

Villages closest to Bharob

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Bharob

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharob village had a population of 96. That makes it the 246th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Bharob village has 50 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharob has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Bharob is 171219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharob covers 31.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bharob falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bharob is Summer Hill, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bharob.

Bharob is about 6.7 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharob is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Summer Hill is about 4.9 km away. Shimla Rural is about 6.7 km away. Shimla is about 6.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.