About Barnala Village

Barnala is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 766, made up of 378 males and 388 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barnala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barnala village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144205
Area (hectares)	133 hectares
Population	766
Male Population	378
Female Population	388
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
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 Barnala compares

By the 2011 count Barnala is the 125th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Barnala

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

Barnala lies about 46 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghaunspur, about 6.1 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 Barnala
Nearest railway station	Ghaunspur	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	8.6 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	8.6 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	46 km

Villages closest to Barnala

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 Barnala

As per the Census of India 2011, Barnala village had a population of 766. That makes it the 125th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Barnala village has 378 males and 388 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barnala has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Barnala is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barnala covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barnala falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Barnala is Ghaunspur, about 6.1 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 Barnala.

Barnala is about 46 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barnala is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Ghaunspur is about 6.1 km away. Mukerian is about 8.6 km away. Mukeriān is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.