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About Bharpur Village

Bharpur is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 203, made up of 91 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,231 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bharpur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 224.27 hectares
Population 203
Male Population 91
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,231
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 Bharpur compares

By the 2011 count Bharpur is the 61st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 224.27 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Bharpur

Bharpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bharpur 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 Bharpur from other places

Bharpur lies about 25 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 21 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 Bharpur
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 6.9 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 21 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 21 km
District headquarters Garhwal 25 km

Villages closest to Bharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bharpur village had a population of 203. That makes it the 61st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Bharpur village has 91 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bharpur has about 1231 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Bharpur is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bharpur covers 224.27 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.

Bharpur falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bharpur is Rishikesh, about 21 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 Bharpur.

Bharpur is about 25 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bharpur is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 6.9 km away. Rishīkesh is about 21 km away. Rishikesh is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barkot (1.5 km), Godi (1.6 km) and Timliyani (2.2 km).

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

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