About Batiwan Village

Batiwan is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 44, made up of 23 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batiwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batiwan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173208
Area (hectares)	46.4 hectares
Population	44
Male Population	23
Female Population	21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Batiwan compares

By the 2011 count Batiwan is the 234th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 46.4 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Batiwan

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

Batiwan lies about 16 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Shoghi railway station, about under 2 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 Batiwan
Nearest railway station	Shoghi railway station	under 2 km
Nearest town	Shimla	7.4 km
District headquarters	Solan	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	19 km

Villages closest to Batiwan

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 Batiwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Batiwan village had a population of 44. That makes it the 234th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Batiwan village has 23 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batiwan has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

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

Batiwan covers 46.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Batiwan is Shoghi railway station, about under 2 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 Batiwan.

Batiwan is about 16 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batiwan is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Shoghi railway station is about under 2 km away. Shimla is about 7.4 km away. Solan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.