About Barag Village

Barag is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 97 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 742 females per 1000 males. The village covers 31.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173204
Area (hectares)	31.77 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	97
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	742
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barag compares

By the 2011 count Barag is the 84th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 31.77 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Barag

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

Barag lies about 17 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jabli, about 7.5 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 Barag
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	4.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jabli	7.5 km
Nearest town	Kālka	9.1 km
District headquarters	Solan	17 km

Villages closest to Barag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barag village had a population of 169. That makes it the 84th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Barag village has 97 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barag has about 742 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Barag is 173204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barag covers 31.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barag falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barag is Jabli, about 7.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Barag.

Barag is about 17 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barag is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Kasauli is about 4.4 km away. Jabli is about 7.5 km away. Kālka is about 9.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.