About Bindh Village

Bindh is a small village in Sandhol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 12 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 41.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176090, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Bindh compares

By the 2011 count Bindh is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 297 residents. Its 41.29 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1131.

Getting to Bindh

Bindh is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bindh as Available within <5 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 Bindh from other places

Bindh lies about 130 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 45 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.

Villages closest to Bindh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sandhol tehsil.

• Salon 3.2 km
• Kandroh 10 km
• Kanohi 10 km
• Kothuwan 11 km
• Halon 12 km
• Takrehar 12 km

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.