About Bhakan Village

Bhakan is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 138, made up of 73 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhakan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhakan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171216
Area (hectares)	74 hectares
Population	138
Male Population	73
Female Population	65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhakan compares

By the 2011 count Bhakan is the 92nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 74 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 971.

Getting to Bhakan

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

Bhakan lies about 50 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 Bhakan
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	11 km
District headquarters	Shimla	50 km

Villages closest to Bhakan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhakan village had a population of 138. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Bhakan village has 73 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhakan has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Bhakan is 171216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhakan covers 74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhakan falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Bhakan 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 Bhakan.

Bhakan is about 50 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhakan is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 11 km away. Shimla is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.