About Bugdhar Village

Bugdhar is a mid sized village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 613, made up of 285 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bugdhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bugdhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	141.21 hectares
Population	613
Male Population	285
Female Population	328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,151
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bugdhar compares

By the 2011 count Bugdhar is the 11th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 141.21 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Bugdhar

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

Bugdhar lies about 34 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 13 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 Bugdhar
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	13 km
Nearest town	Mamun	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	21 km
District headquarters	Chamba	34 km

Villages closest to Bugdhar

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 Bugdhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bugdhar village had a population of 613. That makes it the 11th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Bugdhar village has 285 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bugdhar has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Bugdhar is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bugdhar covers 141.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bugdhar is Nurpur Road, about 13 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 Bugdhar.

Bugdhar is about 34 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bugdhar is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Nurpur Road is about 13 km away. Mamun is about 17 km away. Dalhousie is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.