About Bakhota Village

Bakhota is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 148, made up of 73 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakhota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakhota village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Bhoranj
Pincode	176044
Area (hectares)	40.81 hectares
Population	148
Male Population	73
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakhota compares

By the 2011 count Bakhota is the 185th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 40.81 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

Getting to Bakhota

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

Bakhota lies about 25 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 36 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 Bakhota
Tehsil headquarters	Bhoranj	14 km
Nearest town	Mandi	15 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	25 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	36 km

Villages closest to Bakhota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakhota village had a population of 148. That makes it the 185th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Bakhota village has 73 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakhota has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Bakhota is 176044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakhota covers 40.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakhota falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakhota is Joginder Nagar, about 36 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 Bakhota.

Bakhota is about 25 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakhota is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Bhoranj is about 14 km away. Mandi is about 15 km away. Hamirpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.