About Bhotan Village

Bhotan is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 34 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhotan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhotan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176301
Area (hectares)	313.77 hectares
Population	64
Male Population	34
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhotan compares

By the 2011 count Bhotan is the 110th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 313.77 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Bhotan

Bhotan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bhotan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bhotan from other places

Bhotan lies about 20 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 47 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 Bhotan
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	16 km
District headquarters	Chamba	20 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	47 km

Villages closest to Bhotan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhotan village had a population of 64. That makes it the 110th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Bhotan village has 34 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhotan has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Bhotan is 176301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhotan covers 313.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhotan falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bhotan is Nurpur Road, about 47 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bhotan.

Bhotan is about 20 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhotan is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about 16 km away. Chamba is about 20 km away. Nurpur Road is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.