About Bhaunkhar Village

Bhaunkhar is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 281, made up of 133 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhaunkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhaunkhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Bhoranj
Pincode	176044
Area (hectares)	54.38 hectares
Population	281
Male Population	133
Female Population	148
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhaunkhar compares

By the 2011 count Bhaunkhar is the 106th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 54.38 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 Bhaunkhar

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

Bhaunkhar lies about 39 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 40 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 Bhaunkhar
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhoranj	27 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	39 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	40 km

Villages closest to Bhaunkhar

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 Bhaunkhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhaunkhar village had a population of 281. That makes it the 106th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Bhaunkhar village has 133 males and 148 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhaunkhar has about 1113 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 Bhaunkhar is 176044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhaunkhar covers 54.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bhaunkhar is Kiratpur Sahib, about 40 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 Bhaunkhar.

Bhaunkhar is about 39 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhaunkhar is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 10 km away. Bhoranj is about 27 km away. Hamirpur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.