About Bah Village

Bah is a small village in Sundarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 158 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bah village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Sundarnagar
Pincode	174401
Area (hectares)	74.21 hectares
Population	300
Male Population	158
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bah compares

By the 2011 count Bah is the 94th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 549 residents. Its 74.21 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Bah

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

Bah lies about 16 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 38 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 Bah
District headquarters	Mandi	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sundarnagar	17 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	38 km

Villages closest to Bah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bah village had a population of 300. That makes it the 94th largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 549 residents.

Bah village has 158 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bah has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Bah is 174401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bah covers 74.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bah falls under Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bah is Joginder Nagar, about 38 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 Bah.

Bah is about 16 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bah is in Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 16 km away. Sundarnagar is about 17 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.