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About Budhu Barkat Village

Budhu Barkat is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 36 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budhu Barkat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budhu Barkat village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144205
Area (hectares) 305 hectares
Population 60
Male Population 36
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 667
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Budhu Barkat compares

By the 2011 count Budhu Barkat is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 305 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Budhu Barkat

Budhu Barkat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Budhu Barkat as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Budhu Barkat from other places

Budhu Barkat lies about 44 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dasuya, about 7.8 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 Budhu Barkat
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 7.3 km
Nearest town Dasūya 7.3 km
Nearest railway station Dasuya 7.8 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 44 km

Villages closest to Budhu Barkat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 Budhu Barkat

As per the Census of India 2011, Budhu Barkat village had a population of 60. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Budhu Barkat village has 36 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budhu Barkat has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Budhu Barkat is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budhu Barkat covers 305 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Budhu Barkat falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Budhu Barkat is Dasuya, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Budhu Barkat.

Budhu Barkat is about 44 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Budhu Barkat is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dasua is about 7.3 km away. Dasūya is about 7.3 km away. Dasuya is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khepar (under 2 km), Kalewal (under 2 km) and Galowal (under 2 km).

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

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