About Bahni Village

Bahni is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 351, made up of 182 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bahni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bahni village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177101
Area (hectares)	101.89 hectares
Population	351
Male Population	182
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bahni compares

By the 2011 count Bahni is the 122nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 101.89 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Bahni

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

Bahni lies about 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 Bahni
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	28 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	42 km

Villages closest to Bahni

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Bahni

As per the Census of India 2011, Bahni village had a population of 351. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Bahni village has 182 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bahni has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Bahni is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bahni covers 101.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bahni falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bahni is Jawalamukhi Road, about 21 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 Bahni.

Bahni is about 28 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bahni is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 9.8 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 21 km away. Kangra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.