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About Barya Village

Barya is a large village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,577, made up of 1,735 males and 1,842 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 952.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574326, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barya village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Beltangadi
Pincode 574326
Area (hectares) 952.39 hectares
Population 3,577
Male Population 1,735
Female Population 1,842
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barya compares

By the 2011 count Barya is the 26th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 952.39 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Barya

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

Barya lies about 4.2 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kabaka Puttur, about 9.6 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 Barya
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Kabaka Puttur 9.6 km
Nearest town Puttūr 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Beltangadi 15 km

Villages closest to Barya

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

Common questions about Barya

As per the Census of India 2011, Barya village had a population of 3,577. That makes it the 26th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Barya village has 1,735 males and 1,842 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barya has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Barya is 574326. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barya covers 952.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barya falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Barya is Kabaka Puttur, about 9.6 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 Barya.

Barya is about 4.2 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barya is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Dakshina Kannada is about 4.2 km away. Kabaka Puttur is about 9.6 km away. Puttūr is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thekkaru (2.6 km), Puthila (3.1 km) and Karaya (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Barya today is likely to be higher.

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