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About Batour Village

Batour is a mid sized village in Kotli tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 995, made up of 481 males and 514 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175003, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batour Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batour village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Kotli
Pincode 175003
Area (hectares) 206.57 hectares
Population 995
Male Population 481
Female Population 514
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Batour compares

By the 2011 count Batour is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 206.57 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1084.

Getting to Batour

Batour is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Batour as Available within 5 - 10 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 Batour from other places

Batour lies about 91 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Dharampur Himachal, about under 2 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 Batour
Nearest railway station Dharampur Himachal under 2 km
Nearest town Solan 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Kotli 30 km
District headquarters Mandi 91 km

Villages closest to Batour

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Batour village had a population of 995. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Batour village has 481 males and 514 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batour has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1084.

The pincode recorded for Batour is 175003. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batour covers 206.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Batour falls under Kotli tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Batour is Dharampur Himachal, about under 2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Batour.

Batour is about 91 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batour is in Kotli tehsil of Mandi district. Dharampur Himachal is about under 2 km away. Solan is about 8.6 km away. Kotli is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Laswai Khad (6.5 km), Hart (13 km) and Kalag (14 km).

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

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