About Barog Village

Barog is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 145 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173220
Area (hectares)	57.66 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	145
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barog compares

By the 2011 count Barog is the 46th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 57.66 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Barog

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

Barog lies about 3.8 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about under 2 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 Barog
Nearest railway station	Barog	under 2 km
District headquarters	Solan	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	11 km

Villages closest to Barog

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 Barog

As per the Census of India 2011, Barog village had a population of 273. That makes it the 46th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Barog village has 145 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barog has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Barog is 173220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barog covers 57.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Barog is Barog, about under 2 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 Barog.

Barog is about 3.8 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barog is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Barog is about under 2 km away. Solan is about 3.8 km away. Kasauli is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.