About Behr Village

Behr is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 156 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,173 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	177111
Area (hectares)	208.15 hectares
Population	339
Male Population	156
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,173
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Behr compares

By the 2011 count Behr is the 40th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 208.15 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1092.

Getting to Behr

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

Behr lies about 7.7 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 7.4 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 Behr
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	7.7 km
District headquarters	Kangra	7.7 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	8.6 km

Villages closest to Behr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behr village had a population of 339. That makes it the 40th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Behr village has 156 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behr has about 1173 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Behr is 177111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behr covers 208.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behr falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Behr is Kangra Mandir, about 7.4 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 Behr.

Behr is about 7.7 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behr is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Kangra Mandir is about 7.4 km away. Jaswan is about 7.7 km away. Kangra is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.