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About Ban Amlela Village

Ban Amlela is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 90 males and 73 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 811 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Amlela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Amlela village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jawali
Pincode 176027
Area (hectares) 103.07 hectares
Population 163
Male Population 90
Female Population 73
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 811
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ban Amlela compares

By the 2011 count Ban Amlela is the 145th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 103.07 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Ban Amlela

Ban Amlela is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ban Amlela 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ban Amlela from other places

Ban Amlela lies about 17 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Meghrajpura, about under 2 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 Ban Amlela
Nearest railway station Meghrajpura under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Jawali 9.9 km
District headquarters Kangra 17 km
Nearest town Talwāra 24 km

Villages closest to Ban Amlela

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jawali 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 Ban Amlela

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Amlela village had a population of 163. That makes it the 145th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Ban Amlela village has 90 males and 73 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Amlela has about 811 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Ban Amlela is 176027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Amlela covers 103.07 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.

Ban Amlela falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Amlela is Meghrajpura, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ban Amlela.

Ban Amlela is about 17 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Amlela is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Meghrajpura is about under 2 km away. Jawali is about 9.9 km away. Kangra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amlela Khas (under 2 km), Basa (1.9 km) and Bajhera (2.0 km).

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

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