About Bhandera Village

Bhandera is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 94, made up of 51 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 843 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhandera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhandera village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177041
Area (hectares)	39.4 hectares
Population	94
Male Population	51
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	843
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhandera compares

By the 2011 count Bhandera is the 244th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 39.4 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Bhandera

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

Bhandera 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 Bhandera
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	23 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Bhandera

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 Bhandera

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhandera village had a population of 94. That makes it the 244th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Bhandera village has 51 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhandera has about 843 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1091.

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

Bhandera covers 39.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bhandera 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 Bhandera.

Bhandera 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.

Bhandera is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 9.9 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 23 km away. Hamirpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.