About Barah Bugh Village

Barah Bugh is a mid sized village in Shopian tehsil, in the district of Shupiyan, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,460, made up of 744 males and 716 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.4 hectares hectares.

Barah Bugh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barah Bugh village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Shupiyan
Tehsil	Shopian
Area (hectares)	159.4 hectares
Population	1,460
Male Population	744
Female Population	716
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barah Bugh compares

By the 2011 count Barah Bugh is the 47th largest of the 222 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents. Its 159.4 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Barah Bugh

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

Barah Bugh lies about 9.5 km from Shupiyan, and the nearest railway station is Awantipura, about 30 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 Barah Bugh
Tehsil headquarters	Shopian	9.5 km
District headquarters	Shupiyan	9.5 km
Nearest town	Pulwama	22 km
Nearest railway station	Awantipura	30 km

Villages closest to Barah Bugh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shopian 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 Barah Bugh

As per the Census of India 2011, Barah Bugh village had a population of 1,460. That makes it the 47th largest of the 222 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents.

Barah Bugh village has 744 males and 716 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barah Bugh has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 978.

Barah Bugh covers 159.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Barah Bugh falls under Shopian tehsil of Shupiyan district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Barah Bugh is Awantipura, about 30 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Barah Bugh.

Barah Bugh is about 9.5 km from Shupiyan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barah Bugh is in Shopian tehsil of Shupiyan district. Shopian is about 9.5 km away. Shupiyan is about 9.5 km away. Pulwama is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.