About Manjhal Village

Manjhal is a mid sized village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 742, made up of 371 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 126.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Manjhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Manjhal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176308
Area (hectares)	126.26 hectares
Population	742
Male Population	371
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Manjhal compares

By the 2011 count Manjhal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 126.26 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Manjhal

Manjhal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Manjhal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Manjhal from other places

Manjhal lies about 36 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 56 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 Manjhal
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	22 km
District headquarters	Chamba	36 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	56 km

Villages closest to Manjhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Manjhal village had a population of 742. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Manjhal village has 371 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Manjhal has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Manjhal is 176308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Manjhal covers 126.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Manjhal falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Manjhal is Kathua, about 56 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Manjhal.

Manjhal is about 36 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Manjhal is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Bhalai is about 22 km away. Chamba is about 36 km away. Kathua is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.