About Bethawan Village

Bethawan is a small village in Thunag tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 172 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175047, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bethawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bethawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Thunag
Pincode	175047
Area (hectares)	105.09 hectares
Population	333
Male Population	172
Female Population	161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bethawan compares

By the 2011 count Bethawan is the 61st largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 287 residents. Its 105.09 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Bethawan

Bethawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bethawan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bethawan from other places

Bethawan lies about 47 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, 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 Bethawan
Tehsil headquarters	Thunag	20 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	41 km
Nearest railway station	Shimla	42 km
District headquarters	Mandi	47 km

Villages closest to Bethawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bethawan village had a population of 333. That makes it the 61st largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 287 residents.

Bethawan village has 172 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bethawan has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Bethawan is 175047. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bethawan covers 105.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bethawan falls under Thunag tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bethawan is Shimla, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bethawan.

Bethawan is about 47 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bethawan is in Thunag tehsil of Mandi district. Thunag is about 20 km away. Sundarnagar is about 41 km away. Shimla is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.