About Bahl Village

Bahl is a small village in Galore tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 80, made up of 37 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bahl Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bahl village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Galore
Pincode	177026
Area (hectares)	52 hectares
Population	80
Male Population	37
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,162
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bahl compares

By the 2011 count Bahl is the 90th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 251 residents. Its 52 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1177.

Getting to Bahl

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

Bahl lies about 24 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	23 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Galore	27 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Bahl

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bahl village had a population of 80. That makes it the 90th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 251 residents.

Bahl village has 37 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bahl has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1177.

The pincode recorded for Bahl is 177026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bahl covers 52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bahl falls under Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bahl is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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.

Bahl is about 24 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bahl is in Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 23 km away. Hamirpur is about 24 km away. Galore is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.