About Bandal Village

Bandal is a mid sized village in Nohra tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 610, made up of 324 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nohra
Pincode	173104
Area (hectares)	496.4 hectares
Population	610
Male Population	324
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bandal compares

By the 2011 count Bandal is the 14th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 490 residents. Its 496.4 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 973.

Getting to Bandal

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

Bandal lies about 88 km from Sirmaur. 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 Bandal
Tehsil headquarters	Nohra	20 km
Nearest town	Shimla	49 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	88 km

Villages closest to Bandal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandal village had a population of 610. That makes it the 14th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 490 residents.

Bandal village has 324 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandal has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Bandal is 173104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandal covers 496.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bandal falls under Nohra tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Bandal 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bandal.

Bandal is about 88 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandal is in Nohra tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nohra is about 20 km away. Shimla is about 49 km away. Sirmaur is about 88 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.