About Bangal Village

Bangal is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 110, made up of 52 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,115 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176055, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bangal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176055
Area (hectares)	95.98 hectares
Population	110
Male Population	52
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,115
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bangal compares

By the 2011 count Bangal is the 126th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 95.98 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1070.

Getting to Bangal

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

Bangal lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, 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 Bangal
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km

Villages closest to Bangal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bangal village had a population of 110. That makes it the 126th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Bangal village has 52 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bangal has about 1115 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Bangal is 176055. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bangal covers 95.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bangal falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bangal is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 14 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 Bangal.

Bangal is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bangal is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 5.3 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.