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About Babehar Village

Babehar is a mid sized village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,148, made up of 549 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babehar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Amb
Pincode 177203
Area (hectares) 295.95 hectares
Population 1,148
Male Population 549
Female Population 599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Babehar compares

By the 2011 count Babehar is the 55th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 295.95 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Babehar

Babehar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Babehar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Babehar from other places

Babehar lies about 44 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Daulatpur Chowk, about 2.3 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 Babehar
Nearest railway station Daulatpur Chowk 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Amb 17 km
Nearest town Talwāra 20 km
District headquarters Una 44 km

Villages closest to Babehar

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

Common questions about Babehar

As per the Census of India 2011, Babehar village had a population of 1,148. That makes it the 55th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Babehar village has 549 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babehar has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Babehar is 177203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babehar covers 295.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babehar falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Babehar is Daulatpur Chowk, about 2.3 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 km distance for Babehar.

Babehar is about 44 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babehar is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Daulatpur Chowk is about 2.3 km away. Amb is about 17 km away. Talwāra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kala Panga (1.6 km), Marwari (1.6 km) and Chalet Nichla (2.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Babehar today is likely to be higher.

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