About Barog Village

Barog is a mid sized village in Solan tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 638, made up of 341 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173229, 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	Solan
Pincode	173229
Area (hectares)	136.22 hectares
Population	638
Male Population	341
Female Population	297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Barog compares

By the 2011 count Barog is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 149 residents. Its 136.22 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, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Barog

Barog is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 village. 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
Tehsil headquarters	Solan	3.8 km

Villages closest to Barog

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Solan 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 638. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 149 residents.

Barog village has 341 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barog has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Barog is 173229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barog covers 136.22 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 Solan 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 village.

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