About Bihan Village

Bihan is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 998, made up of 491 males and 507 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bihan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bihan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dera Gopipur
Pincode	177103
Area (hectares)	360.77 hectares
Population	998
Male Population	491
Female Population	507
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bihan compares

By the 2011 count Bihan is the 22nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 360.77 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 1082.

Getting to Bihan

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

Bihan lies about 27 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Guler, 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 Bihan
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Gopipur	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Guler	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	27 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	28 km

Villages closest to Bihan

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 Bihan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bihan village had a population of 998. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Bihan village has 491 males and 507 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bihan has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Bihan is 177103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bihan covers 360.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bihan is Guler, 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 Bihan.

Bihan is about 27 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bihan is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 5.2 km away. Guler is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.