About Birbahi Village

Birbahi is a small village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 172, made up of 99 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 737 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birbahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birbahi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Sarila
Pincode	210422
Area (hectares)	243.47 hectares
Population	172
Male Population	99
Female Population	73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	737
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 Birbahi compares

By the 2011 count Birbahi is the 89th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 243.47 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 842.

Getting to Birbahi

Birbahi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Birbahi 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 Birbahi from other places

Birbahi 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 Birbahi
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarila	24 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	39 km

Villages closest to Birbahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birbahi village had a population of 172. That makes it the 89th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Birbahi village has 99 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birbahi has about 737 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 842.

The pincode recorded for Birbahi is 210422. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birbahi covers 243.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Birbahi falls under Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Birbahi 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Birbahi.

Birbahi 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.

Birbahi is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 23 km away. Sarila is about 24 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.