About Barsen Village

Barsen is a mid sized village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 556, made up of 313 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 776 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barsen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barsen village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174101
Area (hectares)	124 hectares
Population	556
Male Population	313
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	776
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barsen compares

By the 2011 count Barsen is the 58th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 124 hectares work out to about 4.5 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 918.

Getting to Barsen

Barsen is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barsen 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barsen from other places

Barsen lies about 19 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kalka, about 3.4 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 Barsen
Nearest railway station	Kalka	3.4 km
Nearest town	Kālka	3.8 km
District headquarters	Solan	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	27 km

Villages closest to Barsen

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 Barsen

As per the Census of India 2011, Barsen village had a population of 556. That makes it the 58th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Barsen village has 313 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barsen has about 776 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 Barsen is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barsen covers 124 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Barsen is Kalka, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Barsen.

Barsen is about 19 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barsen is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Kalka is about 3.4 km away. Kālka is about 3.8 km away. Solan is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.