About Bariyan Village

Bariyan is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 39, made up of 21 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bariyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bariyan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144224
Area (hectares)	172 hectares
Population	39
Male Population	21
Female Population	18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bariyan compares

By the 2011 count Bariyan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Bariyan

Bariyan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bariyan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bariyan from other places

Bariyan lies about 76 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kandrori, about under 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 Bariyan
Nearest railway station	Kandrori	under 2 km
Nearest town	Pathānkot	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	27 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	76 km

Villages closest to Bariyan

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 Bariyan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bariyan village had a population of 39. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Bariyan village has 21 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bariyan has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

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

Bariyan covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bariyan falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bariyan is Kandrori, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bariyan.

Bariyan is about 76 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bariyan is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Kandrori is about under 2 km away. Pathānkot is about 9.9 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.