About Barian Village

Barian is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 244, made up of 132 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barian village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174101
Area (hectares)	144 hectares
Population	244
Male Population	132
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barian compares

By the 2011 count Barian is the 118th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 144 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

Getting to Barian

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

Barian lies about 38 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Ghanauli, about 15 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 Barian
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	2.0 km
Nearest town	Baddi	10 km
Nearest railway station	Ghanauli	15 km
District headquarters	Solan	38 km

Villages closest to Barian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barian village had a population of 244. That makes it the 118th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Barian village has 132 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barian has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Barian is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barian covers 144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barian falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barian is Ghanauli, about 15 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 Barian.

Barian is about 38 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barian is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Nalagarh is about 2.0 km away. Baddi is about 10 km away. Ghanauli is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.