About Bijar Bharal Village

Bijar Bharal is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 66, made up of 36 males and 30 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bijar Bharal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijar Bharal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171210
Area (hectares)	67.57 hectares
Population	66
Male Population	36
Female Population	30
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bijar Bharal compares

By the 2011 count Bijar Bharal is the 133rd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 67.57 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 945.

Getting to Bijar Bharal

Bijar Bharal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bijar Bharal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bijar Bharal from other places

Bijar Bharal lies about 42 km from Shimla. 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 Bijar Bharal
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	5.2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	42 km

Villages closest to Bijar Bharal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chaupal 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 Bijar Bharal

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijar Bharal village had a population of 66. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Bijar Bharal village has 36 males and 30 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijar Bharal has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Bijar Bharal is 171210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bijar Bharal covers 67.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bijar Bharal falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Bijar Bharal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bijar Bharal.

Bijar Bharal is about 42 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bijar Bharal is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Chaupal is about 5.2 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.