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About Batnial Village

Batnial is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 255, made up of 135 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batnial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batnial village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176200
Area (hectares) 104.56 hectares
Population 255
Male Population 135
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Batnial compares

By the 2011 count Batnial is the 200th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 104.56 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Batnial

Batnial is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Batnial as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Batnial from other places

Batnial lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 5.6 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 Batnial
Nearest railway station Talara 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 6.2 km
Nearest town Mamun 23 km
District headquarters Kangra 36 km

Villages closest to Batnial

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Batnial village had a population of 255. That makes it the 200th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Batnial village has 135 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batnial has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Batnial is 176200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batnial covers 104.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Batnial falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Batnial is Talara, about 5.6 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Batnial.

Batnial is about 36 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batnial is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talara is about 5.6 km away. Nurpur is about 6.2 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.

The closest recorded villages are Sanjor (under 2 km), Khalun (under 2 km) and Jara (under 2 km).

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

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