About Barai Village

Barai is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 89 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,461 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barai village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246170
Area (hectares)	237.76 hectares
Population	219
Male Population	89
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,461
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 Barai compares

By the 2011 count Barai is the 98th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 237.76 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 Barai

Barai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Barai 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 Barai from other places

Barai lies about 24 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 31 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 Barai
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	21 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	31 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	31 km

Villages closest to Barai

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 Barai

As per the Census of India 2011, Barai village had a population of 219. That makes it the 98th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Barai village has 89 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barai has about 1461 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Barai is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barai covers 237.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barai falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Barai is Kotdwara, about 31 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 Barai.

Barai is about 24 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barai is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 21 km away. Garhwal is about 24 km away. Kotdwara is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.