About Bidiyar Village

Bidiyar is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 285, made up of 152 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bidiyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bidiyar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Jubbal
Pincode	171206
Area (hectares)	72.04 hectares
Population	285
Male Population	152
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bidiyar compares

By the 2011 count Bidiyar is the 48th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 72.04 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 971.

Getting to Bidiyar

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

Bidiyar lies about 57 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 54 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 Bidiyar
Tehsil headquarters	Jubbal	26 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	49 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	54 km
District headquarters	Shimla	57 km

Villages closest to Bidiyar

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 Bidiyar

As per the Census of India 2011, Bidiyar village had a population of 285. That makes it the 48th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Bidiyar village has 152 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bidiyar has about 875 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 Bidiyar is 171206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bidiyar covers 72.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Bidiyar is Salogra, about 54 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bidiyar.

Bidiyar is about 57 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bidiyar is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 26 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 49 km away. Salogra is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.