About Bijan Village

Bijan is a mid sized village in Mandi tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,133, made up of 562 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bijan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Mandi
Pincode	175001
Area (hectares)	314 hectares
Population	1,133
Male Population	562
Female Population	571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bijan compares

By the 2011 count Bijan is the 28th largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 510 residents. Its 314 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Bijan

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

Bijan lies about 2.6 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 31 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 Bijan
Tehsil headquarters	Mandi	2.6 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	31 km

Villages closest to Bijan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijan village had a population of 1,133. That makes it the 28th largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 510 residents.

Bijan village has 562 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijan has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Bijan is 175001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bijan covers 314 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bijan falls under Mandi tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bijan is Buffer Stop, about 31 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 Bijan.

Bijan is about 2.6 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bijan is in Mandi tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 2.6 km away. Buffer Stop is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.