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About Bering Village

Bering is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,367, made up of 657 males and 710 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 550 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bering Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bering village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144224
Area (hectares) 550 hectares
Population 1,367
Male Population 657
Female Population 710
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,081
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bering compares

By the 2011 count Bering is the 47th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 550 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Bering

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

Bering lies about 37 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 6.4 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 Bering
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 6.4 km
Nearest town Talwāra 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 27 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 37 km

Villages closest to Bering

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bering village had a population of 1,367. That makes it the 47th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Bering village has 657 males and 710 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bering has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Bering is 144224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bering covers 550 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bering falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bering is Kartoli Punjab, about 6.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bering.

Bering is about 37 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bering is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Kartoli Punjab is about 6.4 km away. Talwāra is about 7.3 km away. Mukerian is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sukhchainpur (1.6 km), Dugral (2.0 km) and Bringli (2.0 km).

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

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