About Baron Village

Baron is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 38 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,474 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baron Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baron village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	83.56 hectares
Population	94
Male Population	38
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,474
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baron compares

By the 2011 count Baron is the 125th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 83.56 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Baron

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

Baron lies about 15 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 102 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 Baron
District headquarters	Chamoli	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	16 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	58 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	102 km

Villages closest to Baron

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baron village had a population of 94. That makes it the 125th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Baron village has 38 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baron has about 1474 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Baron is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baron covers 83.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baron falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baron is Ramnagar, about 102 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 Baron.

Baron is about 15 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baron is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Chamoli is about 15 km away. Karnaprayag is about 16 km away. Srīnagar is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.