About Barar Village

Barar is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 184 males and 168 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171212
Area (hectares)	101.2 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	184
Female Population	168
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barar compares

By the 2011 count Barar is the 45th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 101.2 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 990.

Getting to Barar

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

Barar lies about 25 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 Barar
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	8.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	25 km

Villages closest to Barar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barar village had a population of 352. That makes it the 45th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Barar village has 184 males and 168 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barar has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Barar is 171212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barar covers 101.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barar falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Barar 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 Barar.

Barar is about 25 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barar is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 8.8 km away. Shimla is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.