About Behru Village

Behru is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7, made up of 5 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176087, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176087
Area (hectares)	30.21 hectares
Population	7
Male Population	5
Female Population	2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	400
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Behru compares

By the 2011 count Behru is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 30.21 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Behru

Behru is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Behru as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Behru from other places

Behru lies about 7.7 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kangra Mandir, about 7.4 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 Behru
Nearest railway station	Kangra Mandir	7.4 km
District headquarters	Kangra	7.7 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	28 km

Villages closest to Behru

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 Behru

As per the Census of India 2011, Behru village had a population of 7. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Behru village has 5 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behru has about 400 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Behru is 176087. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behru covers 30.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Behru is Kangra Mandir, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Behru.

Behru is about 7.7 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behru is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Kangra Mandir is about 7.4 km away. Kangra is about 7.7 km away. Dharamsala is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.