About Behal Village

Behal is a small village in Dhatwal tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 80 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Dhatwal
Pincode	176040
Area (hectares)	32.03 hectares
Population	180
Male Population	80
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,250
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Behal compares

By the 2011 count Behal is the 70th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 299 residents. Its 32.03 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1186.

Getting to Behal

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

Behal lies about 11 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Churaru Takarla, about 32 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 Behal
District headquarters	Hamirpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Churaru Takarla	32 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhatwal	34 km
Nearest town	Nangal	42 km

Villages closest to Behal

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.

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Common questions about Behal

As per the Census of India 2011, Behal village had a population of 180. That makes it the 70th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 299 residents.

Behal village has 80 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behal has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1186.

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

Behal covers 32.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behal falls under Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Behal is Churaru Takarla, about 32 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 Behal.

Behal is about 11 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behal is in Dhatwal tehsil of Hamirpur district. Hamirpur is about 11 km away. Churaru Takarla is about 32 km away. Dhatwal is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.