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About Barse Village

Barse is a mid sized village in Piriyapatna tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,013, made up of 500 males and 513 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 477.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barse Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barse village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Piriyapatna
Pincode 571102
Area (hectares) 477.76 hectares
Population 1,013
Male Population 500
Female Population 513
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barse compares

By the 2011 count Barse is the 87th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents. Its 477.76 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Barse

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

Barse lies about 59 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Krishnaraja Nagar, 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 Barse
Tehsil headquarters Piriyapatna 11 km
Nearest town Hunsūr 24 km
Nearest railway station Krishnaraja Nagar 30 km
District headquarters Mysore 59 km

Villages closest to Barse

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barse village had a population of 1,013. That makes it the 87th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,166 residents.

Barse village has 500 males and 513 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barse has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Barse is 571102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barse covers 477.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barse falls under Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Barse is Krishnaraja Nagar, 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 10+ km distance for Barse.

Barse is about 59 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barse is in Piriyapatna tehsil of Mysore district. Piriyapatna is about 11 km away. Hunsūr is about 24 km away. Krishnaraja Nagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kudakuru (2.4 km), Kurgallu (2.9 km) and Nandipura (3.2 km).

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

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