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About Bharkot Balla Village

Bharkot Balla is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 10 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharkot Balla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharkot Balla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246149
Area (hectares) 30.86 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 10
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bharkot Balla compares

By the 2011 count Bharkot Balla is the 585th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 30.86 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Bharkot Balla

Bharkot Balla is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bharkot Balla as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Bharkot Balla from other places

Bharkot Balla lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 37 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 Bharkot Balla
District headquarters Garhwal 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 28 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 37 km

Villages closest to Bharkot Balla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pauri 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 Bharkot Balla

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharkot Balla village had a population of 20. That makes it the 585th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Bharkot Balla village has 10 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharkot Balla has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Bharkot Balla is 246149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharkot Balla covers 30.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bharkot Balla falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bharkot Balla is Kotdwara, about 37 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bharkot Balla.

Bharkot Balla is about 26 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharkot Balla is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 26 km away. Pauri is about 28 km away. Kotdwara is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bharkot Palla (under 2 km), Khadi Gaon (under 2 km) and Dalmi (1.6 km).

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

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