About Swahal Village

Swahal is a mid sized village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 559, made up of 261 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,142 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Swahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Swahal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Tira Sujanpur
Pincode	177007
Area (hectares)	175.28 hectares
Population	559
Male Population	261
Female Population	298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,142
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Swahal compares

By the 2011 count Swahal is the 12th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 175.28 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Swahal

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

Swahal lies about 32 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Swahal
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	16 km
Nearest town	Mandi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tira Sujanpur	28 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	32 km

Villages closest to Swahal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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 Swahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Swahal village had a population of 559. That makes it the 12th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Swahal village has 261 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Swahal has about 1142 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Swahal is 177007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Swahal covers 175.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Swahal falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Swahal is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Swahal.

Swahal is about 32 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Swahal is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Buffer Stop is about 16 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Tira Sujanpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.