About Bamial Village

Bamial is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 67 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,328 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176093, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bamial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bamial village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176093
Area (hectares)	28.1 hectares
Population	156
Male Population	67
Female Population	89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,328
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bamial compares

By the 2011 count Bamial is the 298th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 28.1 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Bamial

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

Bamial lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 10 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 Bamial
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	31 km

Villages closest to Bamial

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bamial village had a population of 156. That makes it the 298th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Bamial village has 67 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bamial has about 1328 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Bamial is 176093. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bamial covers 28.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bamial falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bamial is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 10 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 Bamial.

Bamial is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bamial is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 10 km away. Palampur is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.