About Bariana Village

Bariana is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 102 males and 91 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144528, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bariana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bariana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144528
Area (hectares)	52 hectares
Population	193
Male Population	102
Female Population	91
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bariana compares

By the 2011 count Bariana is the 263rd 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 52 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 Bariana

Bariana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bariana as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bariana from other places

Bariana lies about 54 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rahon, about 3.2 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 Bariana
Nearest railway station	Rahon	3.2 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	4.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	15 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	54 km

Villages closest to Bariana

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.

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Common questions about Bariana

As per the Census of India 2011, Bariana village had a population of 193. That makes it the 263rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Bariana village has 102 males and 91 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bariana has about 892 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 Bariana is 144528. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bariana covers 52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bariana falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bariana is Rahon, about 3.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bariana.

Bariana is about 54 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bariana is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Rahon is about 3.2 km away. Nawanshahr is about 4.7 km away. Garhshankar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.