About Behrad Village

Behrad is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 259, made up of 109 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,376 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behrad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behrad village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177041
Area (hectares)	87.66 hectares
Population	259
Male Population	109
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,376
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Behrad compares

By the 2011 count Behrad is the 89th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 87.66 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Behrad

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

Behrad lies about 35 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 11 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 Behrad
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	17 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	33 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	35 km

Villages closest to Behrad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behrad village had a population of 259. That makes it the 89th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Behrad village has 109 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behrad has about 1376 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Behrad is 177041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behrad covers 87.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behrad falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Behrad is Amb Andaura, about 11 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 Behrad.

Behrad is about 35 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behrad is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Amb Andaura is about 11 km away. Nadaun is about 17 km away. Talwāra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.