About Barige Village

Barige is a small village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 223 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,112 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barige Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barige village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	501.29 hectares
Population	471
Male Population	223
Female Population	248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,112
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barige compares

By the 2011 count Barige is the 130th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 501.29 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 986.

Getting to Barige

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

Barige lies about 64 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 12 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 Barige
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	12 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	14 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	64 km

Villages closest to Barige

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barige village had a population of 471. That makes it the 130th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Barige village has 223 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barige has about 1112 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Barige is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barige covers 501.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barige falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Barige is Sagar Jambagaru, about 12 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 Barige.

Barige is about 64 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barige is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar Jambagaru is about 12 km away. Sāgar is about 12 km away. Sorab is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.