About Babal Village

Babal is a small village in Baijnath tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 73 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,548 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176089, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Baijnath
Pincode	176089
Area (hectares)	102.92 hectares
Population	186
Male Population	73
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,548
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Babal compares

By the 2011 count Babal is the 140th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 482 residents. Its 102.92 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

Getting to Babal

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

Babal lies about 57 km from Kangra, 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 Babal
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	16 km
Nearest town	Mandi	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baijnath	26 km
District headquarters	Kangra	57 km

Villages closest to Babal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babal village had a population of 186. That makes it the 140th largest of the 195 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 482 residents.

Babal village has 73 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babal has about 1548 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1095.

The pincode recorded for Babal is 176089. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babal covers 102.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Babal falls under Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Babal 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 Babal.

Babal is about 57 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babal is in Baijnath tehsil of Kangra district. Buffer Stop is about 16 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Baijnath is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.