About Bandwan Village

Bandwan is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 31 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176053, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandwan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	176053
Area (hectares)	10.7 hectares
Population	64
Male Population	31
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bandwan compares

By the 2011 count Bandwan is the 176th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 10.7 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Bandwan

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

Bandwan lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 7.6 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 Bandwan
Nearest railway station	Talara	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	22 km
Nearest town	Mamun	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	38 km

Villages closest to Bandwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandwan village had a population of 64. That makes it the 176th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Bandwan village has 31 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandwan has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Bandwan is 176053. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandwan covers 10.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bandwan falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bandwan is Talara, about 7.6 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 Bandwan.

Bandwan is about 38 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandwan is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talara is about 7.6 km away. Fatehpur is about 22 km away. Mamun is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.