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About Behru Village

Behru is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 33 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176094, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behru village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176094
Area (hectares) 36.27 hectares
Population 66
Male Population 33
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Behru compares

By the 2011 count Behru is the 186th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 36.27 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Behru

Behru is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Behru as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Behru from other places

Behru lies about 41 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Churaru Takarla, about 30 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 Behru
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 23 km
Nearest railway station Churaru Takarla 30 km
Nearest town Nangal 40 km
District headquarters Kangra 41 km

Villages closest to Behru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behru village had a population of 66. That makes it the 186th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Behru village has 33 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behru has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Behru is 176094. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behru covers 36.27 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.

Behru falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Behru is Churaru Takarla, about 30 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Behru.

Behru is about 41 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behru is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 23 km away. Churaru Takarla is about 30 km away. Nangal is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhamandar (2.8 km), Kaluhi (3.4 km) and Amb (4.1 km).

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

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