About Brar Village

Brar is a mid sized village in Bandipora tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,068, made up of 537 males and 531 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Brar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Bandipora
Pincode	193502
Area (hectares)	74.5 hectares
Population	1,068
Male Population	537
Female Population	531
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Brar compares

By the 2011 count Brar is the 33rd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents. Its 74.5 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Brar

Brar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Brar as Available within 5 - 10 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 Brar from other places

Brar lies about 5.0 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 24 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 Brar
Tehsil headquarters	Bandipora	5.0 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	5.0 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	24 km

Villages closest to Brar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Brar village had a population of 1,068. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,431 residents.

Brar village has 537 males and 531 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brar has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Brar is 193502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Brar covers 74.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Brar falls under Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Brar is Hamre, about 24 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Brar.

Brar is about 5.0 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Brar is in Bandipora tehsil of Bandipore district. Bandipora is about 5.0 km away. Bandipore is about 5.0 km away. Bandipura is about 5.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.