About Barui Village

Barui 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 1,266, made up of 629 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 181201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barui Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barui village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Jammu
Tehsil	Akhnoor
Pincode	181201
Area (hectares)	216.9 hectares
Population	1,266
Male Population	629
Female Population	637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barui compares

By the 2011 count Barui is the 57th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents. Its 216.9 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Barui

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

Barui lies about 15 km from Jammu, and the nearest railway station is Bari Brahman, about 5.5 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 Barui
Nearest railway station	Bari Brahman	5.5 km
Nearest town	Jammu Cantonment	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akhnoor	15 km
District headquarters	Jammu	15 km

Villages closest to Barui

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 Barui

As per the Census of India 2011, Barui village had a population of 1,266. That makes it the 57th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,057 residents.

Barui village has 629 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barui has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

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

Barui covers 216.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Barui is Bari Brahman, about 5.5 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 Barui.

Barui is about 15 km from Jammu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barui is in Akhnoor tehsil of Jammu district. Bari Brahman is about 5.5 km away. Jammu Cantonment is about 13 km away. Akhnoor is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.