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About Barsayat Village

Barsayat is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 63 males and 63 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barsayat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barsayat village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262552
Area (hectares) 68.59 hectares
Population 126
Male Population 63
Female Population 63
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 Barsayat compares

By the 2011 count Barsayat is the 197th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 68.59 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1103.

Getting to Barsayat

Barsayat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Barsayat 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 Barsayat from other places

Barsayat lies about 29 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 86 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 Barsayat
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 12 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 29 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 29 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 86 km

Villages closest to Barsayat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barsayat village had a population of 126. That makes it the 197th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Barsayat village has 63 males and 63 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barsayat has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Barsayat is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barsayat covers 68.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barsayat falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Barsayat is Tanakpur, about 86 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 Barsayat.

Barsayat is about 29 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barsayat is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 12 km away. Pithoragarh is about 29 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dauli Kauli (under 2 km), Kauli Kanyal (under 2 km) and Bijauri (under 2 km).

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

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