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About Bahl Village

Bahl is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 96 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bahl Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bahl village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 177007
Area (hectares) 40 hectares
Population 192
Male Population 96
Female Population 96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Bahl compares

By the 2011 count Bahl is the 66th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 40 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 Bahl

Bahl 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 Bahl as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bahl from other places

Bahl 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 Bahl
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 23 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 24 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 40 km

Villages closest to Bahl

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.

Common questions about Bahl

As per the Census of India 2011, Bahl village had a population of 192. That makes it the 66th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Bahl village has 96 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bahl has about 1000 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 Bahl is 177007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bahl covers 40 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bahl is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bahl.

Bahl 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.

Bahl is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 12 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 23 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.

The closest recorded villages are Chaloh (2.6 km), Thathi Alohian (2.6 km) and Bagehrah Buhla (4.5 km).

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

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