About Barnia Village

Barnia is a mid sized village in Gurez tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 835, made up of 424 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.7 hectares hectares.

Barnia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barnia village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Gurez
Area (hectares)	130.7 hectares
Population	835
Male Population	424
Female Population	411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	969
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barnia compares

By the 2011 count Barnia is the 16th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 130.7 hectares work out to about 6.4 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 822.

Getting to Barnia

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

Barnia lies about 35 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 59 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 Barnia
Tehsil headquarters	Gurez	17 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	35 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	35 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	59 km

Villages closest to Barnia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barnia village had a population of 835. That makes it the 16th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Barnia village has 424 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barnia has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 822.

Barnia covers 130.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barnia falls under Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Barnia is Hamre, about 59 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barnia.

Barnia is about 35 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barnia is in Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district. Gurez is about 17 km away. Bandipore is about 35 km away. Bandipura is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.