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About Baraswal Village

Baraswal is a mid sized village in Karchhana tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,263, made up of 690 males and 573 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376.1 hectares hectares.

Baraswal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baraswal village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Allahabad
Tehsil Karchhana
Area (hectares) 376.1 hectares
Population 1,263
Male Population 690
Female Population 573
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 830
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baraswal compares

By the 2011 count Baraswal is the 168th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 376.1 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 912.

Getting to Baraswal

Baraswal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baraswal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Baraswal from other places

Baraswal lies about 26 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Bheerpur, about 9.4 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 Baraswal
Nearest railway station Bheerpur 9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Karchhana 26 km
District headquarters Allahabad 26 km
Nearest town Prayagraj 26 km

Villages closest to Baraswal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baraswal village had a population of 1,263. That makes it the 168th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Baraswal village has 690 males and 573 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baraswal has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Baraswal covers 376.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baraswal falls under Karchhana tehsil of Allahabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Baraswal is Bheerpur, about 9.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Baraswal.

Baraswal is about 26 km from Allahabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baraswal is in Karchhana tehsil of Allahabad district. Bheerpur is about 9.4 km away. Karchhana is about 26 km away. Allahabad is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kuin (under 2 km), Baheri (under 2 km) and Nachna (under 2 km).

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

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