About Barmota Village

Barmota is a mid sized village in Bani tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,781, made up of 933 males and 848 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1675 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barmota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barmota village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Bani
Pincode	184206
Area (hectares)	1675 hectares
Population	1,781
Male Population	933
Female Population	848
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barmota compares

By the 2011 count Barmota is the 10th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents. Its 1675 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Barmota

Barmota is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barmota as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Barmota from other places

Barmota lies about 29 km from Bani, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 48 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 Barmota
Tehsil headquarters	Bani	29 km
Nearest town	Chamba	38 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	48 km

Villages closest to Barmota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barmota village had a population of 1,781. That makes it the 10th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,394 residents.

Barmota village has 933 males and 848 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barmota has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Barmota is 184206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barmota covers 1675 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barmota falls under Bani tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Barmota is Kathua, about 48 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 10+ km distance for Barmota.

Barmota is about 29 km from Bani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barmota is in Bani tehsil of Kathua district. Bani is about 29 km away. Chamba is about 38 km away. Kathua is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.