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About Behi Village

Behi is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 58, made up of 28 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176053, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 176053
Area (hectares) 55.28 hectares
Population 58
Male Population 28
Female Population 30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Behi compares

By the 2011 count Behi is the 179th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 55.28 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1006.

Getting to Behi

The census records public bus service for Behi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Behi from other places

Behi lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Bharmar, about 14 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 Behi
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 7.9 km
Nearest railway station Bharmar 14 km
Nearest town Talwāra 15 km
District headquarters Kangra 38 km

Villages closest to Behi

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.

Common questions about Behi

As per the Census of India 2011, Behi village had a population of 58. That makes it the 179th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Behi village has 28 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behi has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

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

Behi covers 55.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Behi is Bharmar, about 14 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Behi.

Behi 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.

Behi is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Fatehpur is about 7.9 km away. Bharmar is about 14 km away. Talwāra is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khadaun (under 2 km), Lagra (under 2 km) and Panjkura (under 2 km).

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

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