About Barura Village

Barura is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 37 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262622, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Barura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Barura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262622
Area (hectares)	36.76 hectares
Population	71
Male Population	37
Female Population	34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
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 Barura compares

By the 2011 count Barura is the 219th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 36.76 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Barura

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

Barura lies about 24 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Barura
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	5.4 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	24 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	63 km

Villages closest to Barura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Barura village had a population of 71. That makes it the 219th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Barura village has 37 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Barura has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Barura is 262622. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Barura covers 36.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Barura falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Barura is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Barura.

Barura is about 24 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Barura is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 5.4 km away. Pithoragarh is about 24 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.