About Baron Village

Baron is a mid sized village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,737, made up of 851 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263157, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baron Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baron village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Dhari
Pincode	263157
Area (hectares)	457.21 hectares
Population	1,737
Male Population	851
Female Population	886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
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 Baron compares

By the 2011 count Baron is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 457.21 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Baron

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

Baron lies about 87 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 20 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 Baron
Tehsil headquarters	Dhari	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	20 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	20 km
District headquarters	Nainital	87 km

Villages closest to Baron

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baron village had a population of 1,737. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Baron village has 851 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baron has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Baron is 263157. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baron covers 457.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baron falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baron is Kotdwara, about 20 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 Baron.

Baron is about 87 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baron is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. Dhari is about 18 km away. Kotdwara is about 20 km away. Kotdwāra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.