About Bah Village

Bah is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 294, made up of 146 males and 148 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176031, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Bah compares

By the 2011 count Bah is the 48th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 64.18 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 1107.

Getting to Bah

Bah is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bah as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bah from other places

Bah 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.

Villages closest to Bah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jawalamukhi tehsil.

• Bahan Kalan under 2 km
• Saloa under 2 km
• Pathiar under 2 km
• Baroya under 2 km
• Nagrota under 2 km
• Haroli 1.5 km

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.