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About Behrar Village

Behrar is a small village in Bangana tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 75 males and 87 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behrar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behrar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Bangana
Pincode 174307
Area (hectares) 48.9 hectares
Population 162
Male Population 75
Female Population 87
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,160
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Behrar compares

By the 2011 count Behrar is the 161st largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 241 residents. Its 48.9 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Behrar

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

Behrar lies about 42 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 27 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 Behrar
Tehsil headquarters Bangana 24 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 27 km
District headquarters Una 42 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 44 km

Villages closest to Behrar

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 Behrar

As per the Census of India 2011, Behrar village had a population of 162. That makes it the 161st largest of the 300 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 241 residents.

Behrar village has 75 males and 87 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behrar has about 1160 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Behrar is 174307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behrar covers 48.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Behrar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 27 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 Behrar.

Behrar is about 42 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behrar is in Bangana tehsil of Una district. Bangana is about 24 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 27 km away. Una is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saroh (1.8 km), Pakhalag (2.2 km) and Khairian (2.9 km).

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

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