About Barwas Village

Barwas is a mid sized village in Kamrau tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,027, made up of 536 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 486.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Kamrau
Pincode	173029
Area (hectares)	486.47 hectares
Population	1,027
Male Population	536
Female Population	491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barwas compares

By the 2011 count Barwas is the 12th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 824 residents. Its 486.47 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Barwas

Barwas is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barwas as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Barwas from other places

Barwas lies about 24 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 48 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 Barwas
Tehsil headquarters	Kamrau	2.1 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	18 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	48 km

Villages closest to Barwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwas village had a population of 1,027. That makes it the 12th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 824 residents.

Barwas village has 536 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwas has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Barwas is 173029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barwas covers 486.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barwas falls under Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barwas is Dehradun, about 48 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 village for Barwas.

Barwas is about 24 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwas is in Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district. Kamrau is about 2.1 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 18 km away. Sirmaur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.