About Budha Bar Village

Budha Bar is one of the larger villages in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,665, made up of 2,919 males and 2,746 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 997 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budha Bar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budha Bar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144211
Area (hectares)	997 hectares
Population	5,665
Male Population	2,919
Female Population	2,746
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Budha Bar compares

By the 2011 count Budha Bar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 997 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Budha Bar

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

Budha Bar lies about 60 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, about 7.7 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 Budha Bar
Nearest railway station	Chak Kalan	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	13 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	13 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	60 km

Villages closest to Budha Bar

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.

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Common questions about Budha Bar

As per the Census of India 2011, Budha Bar village had a population of 5,665. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Budha Bar village has 2,919 males and 2,746 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budha Bar has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Budha Bar is 144211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budha Bar covers 997 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Budha Bar falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Budha Bar is Chak Kalan, about 7.7 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 Budha Bar.

Budha Bar is about 60 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Budha Bar is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Chak Kalan is about 7.7 km away. Mukerian is about 13 km away. Mukeriān is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.