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About Barohi Village

Barohi is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,088, made up of 541 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 510 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barohi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barohi village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144207
Area (hectares) 510 hectares
Population 1,088
Male Population 541
Female Population 547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Barohi compares

By the 2011 count Barohi is the 82nd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 510 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Barohi

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

Barohi lies about 72 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dhariwal, about 2.1 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 Barohi
Nearest railway station Dhariwal 2.1 km
Nearest town Dhāriwāl 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 35 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 72 km

Villages closest to Barohi

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 Barohi

As per the Census of India 2011, Barohi village had a population of 1,088. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Barohi village has 541 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barohi has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Barohi is 144207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barohi covers 510 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barohi falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Barohi is Dhariwal, about 2.1 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 Barohi.

Barohi is about 72 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barohi is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dhariwal is about 2.1 km away. Dhāriwāl is about 2.5 km away. Dasua is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rai Chak (6.0 km), Pandher (14 km) and Gahot (17 km).

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

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