About Birhat Village

Birhat is a mid sized village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,158, made up of 601 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 768.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210422, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birhat village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Sarila
Pincode	210422
Area (hectares)	768.39 hectares
Population	1,158
Male Population	601
Female Population	557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
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 Birhat compares

By the 2011 count Birhat is the 54th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 768.39 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 842.

Getting to Birhat

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

Birhat lies about 24 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 20 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 Birhat
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarila	24 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Birhat

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 Birhat

As per the Census of India 2011, Birhat village had a population of 1,158. That makes it the 54th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Birhat village has 601 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birhat has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 842.

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

Birhat covers 768.39 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Birhat is Panchrukhi, about 20 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 Birhat.

Birhat 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.

Birhat is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. Panchrukhi is about 20 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.