About Bangra Village

Bangra is a mid sized village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,664, made up of 906 males and 758 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 513.54 hectares hectares.

Bangra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bangra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Rath
Area (hectares)	513.54 hectares
Population	1,664
Male Population	906
Female Population	758
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bangra compares

By the 2011 count Bangra is the 37th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 513.54 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Bangra

Bangra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bangra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bangra from other places

Bangra lies about 28 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 19 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 Bangra
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	19 km
Nearest town	Mandi	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rath	28 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	28 km

Villages closest to Bangra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bangra village had a population of 1,664. That makes it the 37th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Bangra village has 906 males and 758 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bangra has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

Bangra covers 513.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bangra falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bangra is Joginder Nagar, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bangra.

Bangra is about 28 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bangra is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Joginder Nagar is about 19 km away. Mandi is about 19 km away. Rath is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.