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About Bangara Village

Bangara is a mid sized village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,928, made up of 1,037 males and 891 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 910.11 hectares hectares.

Bangara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bangara village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Sarila
Area (hectares) 910.11 hectares
Population 1,928
Male Population 1,037
Female Population 891
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Bangara compares

By the 2011 count Bangara is the 34th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 910.11 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

Getting to Bangara

Bangara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bangara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bangara from other places

Bangara 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 Bangara
Nearest railway station Joginder Nagar 19 km
Nearest town Mandi 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarila 28 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 28 km

Villages closest to Bangara

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.

Common questions about Bangara

As per the Census of India 2011, Bangara village had a population of 1,928. That makes it the 34th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Bangara village has 1,037 males and 891 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bangara has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

Bangara covers 910.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bangara is Joginder Nagar, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available for Bangara.

Bangara 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.

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

The closest recorded villages are Bandwa (under 2 km), Sigraban (under 2 km) and Rar Khera (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bangara today is likely to be higher.

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