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About Barayal Village

Barayal is a small village in Kaladhungi tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 36 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263140, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barayal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barayal village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Kaladhungi
Pincode 263140
Area (hectares) 41.51 hectares
Population 69
Male Population 36
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 917
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Barayal compares

By the 2011 count Barayal is the 108th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 429 residents. Its 41.51 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Barayal

Barayal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Barayal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Barayal from other places

Barayal lies about 23 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Haldwani Railway Station, about 4.9 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 Barayal
Nearest railway station Haldwani Railway Station 4.9 km
Nearest town Haldwani 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kaladhungi 17 km
District headquarters Nainital 23 km

Villages closest to Barayal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barayal village had a population of 69. That makes it the 108th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 429 residents.

Barayal village has 36 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barayal has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Barayal is 263140. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barayal covers 41.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barayal falls under Kaladhungi tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Barayal is Haldwani Railway Station, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Barayal.

Barayal is about 23 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barayal is in Kaladhungi tehsil of Nainital district. Haldwani Railway Station is about 4.9 km away. Haldwani is about 4.9 km away. Kaladhungi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranjitpur (2.1 km), Mankandpur (3.8 km) and Khempur (5.0 km).

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

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