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About Behi Village

Behi is a small village in Bangana tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 252 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177039, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Bangana
Pincode 177039
Area (hectares) 250.57 hectares
Population 480
Male Population 252
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Behi compares

By the 2011 count Behi is the 35th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 241 residents. Its 250.57 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1034.

Getting to Behi

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

Behi lies about 34 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 11 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 Behi
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Bangana 24 km
Nearest town Talwāra 33 km
District headquarters Una 34 km

Villages closest to Behi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Behi village had a population of 480. That makes it the 35th largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 241 residents.

Behi village has 252 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behi has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Behi is 177039. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behi covers 250.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Behi falls under Bangana tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Behi is Amb Andaura, about 11 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 Behi.

Behi is about 34 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behi is in Bangana tehsil of Una district. Amb Andaura is about 11 km away. Bangana is about 24 km away. Talwāra is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Behlan (under 2 km), D P F Behlan (under 2 km) and Rajpura (under 2 km).

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

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