About Barnara Village

Barnara is a mid sized village in Sunderbani tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 570, made up of 282 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185153, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barnara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barnara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Sunderbani
Pincode	185153
Area (hectares)	322.1 hectares
Population	570
Male Population	282
Female Population	288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barnara compares

By the 2011 count Barnara is the 30th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents. Its 322.1 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Barnara

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

Barnara lies about 47 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 50 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 Barnara
Tehsil headquarters	Sunderbani	13 km
Nearest town	Akhnūr	31 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	47 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra	50 km

Villages closest to Barnara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barnara village had a population of 570. That makes it the 30th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,332 residents.

Barnara village has 282 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barnara has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Barnara is 185153. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barnara covers 322.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barnara falls under Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Barnara is Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra, about 50 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 Barnara.

Barnara is about 47 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barnara is in Sunderbani tehsil of Rajouri district. Sunderbani is about 13 km away. Akhnūr is about 31 km away. Rajouri is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.