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About Ropa Bandla Village

Ropa Bandla is a small village in Nihri tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 192 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 238 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ropa Bandla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ropa Bandla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Nihri
Pincode 175038
Area (hectares) 238 hectares
Population 352
Male Population 192
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ropa Bandla compares

By the 2011 count Ropa Bandla is the 27th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 176 residents. Its 238 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 979.

Getting to Ropa Bandla

Ropa Bandla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ropa Bandla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Ropa Bandla from other places

Ropa Bandla lies about 28 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 42 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 Ropa Bandla
Nearest town Sundarnagar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Nihri 20 km
District headquarters Mandi 28 km
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 42 km

Villages closest to Ropa Bandla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nihri 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 Ropa Bandla

As per the Census of India 2011, Ropa Bandla village had a population of 352. That makes it the 27th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 176 residents.

Ropa Bandla village has 192 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ropa Bandla has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Ropa Bandla is 175038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ropa Bandla covers 238 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ropa Bandla falls under Nihri tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ropa Bandla is Summer Hill, about 42 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ropa Bandla.

Ropa Bandla is about 28 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ropa Bandla is in Nihri tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 10 km away. Nihri is about 20 km away. Mandi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kiyari (1.6 km), Jandroh (1.7 km) and D P F Richhani (2.8 km).

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

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