About Batal Village

Batal is a mid sized village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,229, made up of 585 males and 644 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173208
Area (hectares)	249 hectares
Population	1,229
Male Population	585
Female Population	644
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,101
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Batal compares

By the 2011 count Batal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 249 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Batal

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

Batal lies about 29 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 15 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 Batal
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	15 km
Nearest town	Shimla	19 km
District headquarters	Solan	29 km

Villages closest to Batal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Batal village had a population of 1,229. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Batal village has 585 males and 644 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batal has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Batal is 173208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batal covers 249 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Batal falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Batal is Jutogh, about 15 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 village for Batal.

Batal is about 29 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batal is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about under 2 km away. Jutogh is about 15 km away. Shimla is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.