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About Barar Village

Barar is a mid sized village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 902, made up of 489 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.43 hectares hectares.

Barar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil Akbarpur
Area (hectares) 178.43 hectares
Population 902
Male Population 489
Female Population 413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 845
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Barar compares

By the 2011 count Barar is the 178th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 178.43 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Barar

Barar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Barar 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barar from other places

Barar lies about 17 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Malasa, about 7.1 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 Barar
Nearest railway station Malasa 7.1 km
Nearest town Pukhrāyān 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Akbarpur 13 km
District headquarters Kanpur Dehat 17 km

Villages closest to Barar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barar village had a population of 902. That makes it the 178th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Barar village has 489 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barar has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 868.

Barar covers 178.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barar falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barar is Malasa, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barar.

Barar is about 17 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barar is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Malasa is about 7.1 km away. Pukhrāyān is about 10 km away. Akbarpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara (1.7 km), Tora Mohammadpur (5.6 km) and Gauriyapur (6.5 km).

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

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