About Refal Village

Refal is a small village in Mandi tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 219, made up of 103 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,126 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Refal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Refal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Mandi
Pincode	175027
Area (hectares)	82.12 hectares
Population	219
Male Population	103
Female Population	116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,126
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Refal compares

By the 2011 count Refal is the 277th largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 510 residents. Its 82.12 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Refal

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

Refal lies about 20 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Refal
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mandi	20 km

Villages closest to Refal

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 Refal

As per the Census of India 2011, Refal village had a population of 219. That makes it the 277th largest of the 356 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 510 residents.

Refal village has 103 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Refal has about 1126 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Refal is 175027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Refal covers 82.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Refal is Buffer Stop, about 16 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 Refal.

Refal is about 20 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Refal is in Mandi tehsil of Mandi district. Buffer Stop is about 16 km away. Mandi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.