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About Bedal Pur Village

Bedal Pur is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 79 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bedal Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bedal Pur village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176204
Area (hectares) 53.57 hectares
Population 166
Male Population 79
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,101
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bedal Pur compares

By the 2011 count Bedal Pur is the 256th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 53.57 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Bedal Pur

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

Bedal Pur lies about 49 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 20 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 Bedal Pur
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 16 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 20 km
Nearest town Chamba 21 km
District headquarters Kangra 49 km

Villages closest to Bedal Pur

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 Bedal Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bedal Pur village had a population of 166. That makes it the 256th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Bedal Pur village has 79 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bedal Pur has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Bedal Pur is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bedal Pur covers 53.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bedal Pur falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bedal Pur is Nurpur Road, about 20 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 Bedal Pur.

Bedal Pur is about 49 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bedal Pur is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 16 km away. Nurpur Road is about 20 km away. Chamba is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bohala (under 2 km), Dhalwara (under 2 km) and Gurial Khas (under 2 km).

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

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