About Barola Village

Barola is a mid sized village in Akhnoor tehsil, in the district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 570, made up of 294 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barola village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	157 hectares
Population	570
Male Population	294
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barola compares

By the 2011 count Barola is the 133rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 157 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Barola

Barola is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barola as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Barola from other places

Barola lies about 20 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 9.9 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 Barola
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	9.9 km
Nearest town	Udhampur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	20 km
District headquarters	Jammu	20 km

Villages closest to Barola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barola village had a population of 570. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Barola village has 294 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barola has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Barola is 181201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barola covers 157 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barola falls under Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Barola is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 9.9 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 5 - 10 km distance for Barola.

Barola is about 20 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barola is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra is about 9.9 km away. Udhampur is about 18 km away. Akhnoor is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.