About Barkalan Village

Barkalan is a mid sized village in Behat tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 814, made up of 441 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155.32 hectares hectares.

Barkalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barkalan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Saharanpur
Tehsil	Behat
Area (hectares)	155.32 hectares
Population	814
Male Population	441
Female Population	373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barkalan compares

By the 2011 count Barkalan is the 181st largest of the 260 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents. Its 155.32 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 895.

Getting to Barkalan

Barkalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Barkalan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Barkalan from other places

Barkalan lies about 35 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 32 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 Barkalan
Tehsil headquarters	Behat	13 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	22 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	32 km
District headquarters	Saharanpur	35 km

Villages closest to Barkalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barkalan village had a population of 814. That makes it the 181st largest of the 260 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents.

Barkalan village has 441 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barkalan has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 895.

Barkalan covers 155.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Barkalan falls under Behat tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Barkalan is Dehradun, about 32 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Barkalan.

Barkalan is about 35 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barkalan is in Behat tehsil of Saharanpur district. Behat is about 13 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 22 km away. Dehradun is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.