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About Bahl Thakru Village

Bahl Thakru is a small village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 92 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bahl Thakru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bahl Thakru village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Dhatwal
Pincode 176040
Area (hectares) 46.61 hectares
Population 196
Male Population 92
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,130
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bahl Thakru compares

By the 2011 count Bahl Thakru is the 64th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 46.61 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 1186.

Getting to Bahl Thakru

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

Bahl Thakru lies about 32 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, 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 Bahl Thakru
Nearest town Sundarnagar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhatwal 23 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 32 km
Nearest railway station Olinda 36 km

Villages closest to Bahl Thakru

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

Common questions about Bahl Thakru

As per the Census of India 2011, Bahl Thakru village had a population of 196. That makes it the 64th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Bahl Thakru village has 92 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bahl Thakru has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1186.

The pincode recorded for Bahl Thakru is 176040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bahl Thakru covers 46.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bahl Thakru falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bahl Thakru is Olinda, 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 Bahl Thakru.

Bahl Thakru is about 32 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bahl Thakru is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 12 km away. Dhatwal is about 23 km away. Hamirpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Changar (under 2 km), Lahri Tarkhana (2.6 km) and Samthana Kalan (4.0 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bahl Thakru today is likely to be higher.

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