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About Buro Bari Village

Buro Bari is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 84 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Buro Bari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Buro Bari village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 146102
Area (hectares) 76 hectares
Population 158
Male Population 84
Female Population 74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Buro Bari compares

By the 2011 count Buro Bari is the 269th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 76 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Buro Bari

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

Buro Bari lies about 20 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 9.5 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 Buro Bari
Nearest railway station Mahngarwal Doaba 9.5 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 20 km
Nearest town Hoshiārpur 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 22 km

Villages closest to Buro Bari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhshankar 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 Buro Bari

As per the Census of India 2011, Buro Bari village had a population of 158. That makes it the 269th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Buro Bari village has 84 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Buro Bari has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Buro Bari is 146102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Buro Bari covers 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.

Buro Bari falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Buro Bari is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 9.5 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 Buro Bari.

Buro Bari is about 20 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Buro Bari is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 9.5 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 20 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abhowal (under 2 km), Bahowal (under 2 km) and Bhuno (under 2 km).

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

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