About Barswar Village

Barswar is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 141 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,355 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barswar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barswar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246155
Area (hectares)	221.19 hectares
Population	332
Male Population	141
Female Population	191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,355
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Barswar compares

By the 2011 count Barswar is the 37th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 221.19 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1243.

Getting to Barswar

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

Barswar lies about 7.8 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 18 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 Barswar
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	3.5 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	7.8 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	18 km

Villages closest to Barswar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barswar village had a population of 332. That makes it the 37th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Barswar village has 141 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barswar has about 1355 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Barswar is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barswar covers 221.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barswar falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Barswar is Kotdwara, about 18 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 village for Barswar.

Barswar is about 7.8 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barswar is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 3.5 km away. Garhwal is about 7.8 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.