About Bahl Village

Bahl is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 140 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bahl Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bahl village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	66.9 hectares
Population	279
Male Population	140
Female Population	139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bahl compares

By the 2011 count Bahl is the 53rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 66.9 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Bahl

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

Bahl lies about 28 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Bahl
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	28 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	40 km

Villages closest to Bahl

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bahl village had a population of 279. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Bahl village has 140 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bahl has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Bahl is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bahl covers 66.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bahl falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bahl is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Bahl.

Bahl 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.

Bahl is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 6.4 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 23 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.