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About Barwah Village

Barwah is a mid sized village in Chadoora tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,257, made up of 712 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 765 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 191113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barwah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barwah village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Chadoora
Pincode 191113
Area (hectares) 149.7 hectares
Population 1,257
Male Population 712
Female Population 545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 765
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barwah compares

By the 2011 count Barwah is the 52nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents. Its 149.7 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Barwah

Barwah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barwah as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Barwah from other places

Barwah lies about 13 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 8.2 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 Barwah
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 8.2 km
Nearest town Soyībug 12 km
District headquarters Badgam 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Chadoora 22 km

Villages closest to Barwah

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

Common questions about Barwah

As per the Census of India 2011, Barwah village had a population of 1,257. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,597 residents.

Barwah village has 712 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barwah has about 765 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Barwah is 191113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barwah covers 149.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barwah falls under Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Barwah is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 8.2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barwah.

Barwah is about 13 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barwah is in Chadoora tehsil of Badgam district. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 8.2 km away. Soyībug is about 12 km away. Badgam is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalpora (2.9 km), Kani Hama (7.9 km) and Chan Gund (8.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Barwah today is likely to be higher.

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