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About Bathal Village

Bathal is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 345, made up of 163 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144529, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bathal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bathal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144529
Area (hectares) 127 hectares
Population 345
Male Population 163
Female Population 182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,117
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bathal compares

By the 2011 count Bathal is the 238th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 127 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Bathal

The census records public bus service for Bathal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bathal from other places

Bathal lies about 31 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Saila Khurd, about 2.4 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 Bathal
Nearest railway station Saila Khurd 2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 11 km
Nearest town Banga 16 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 31 km

Villages closest to Bathal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bathal village had a population of 345. That makes it the 238th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Bathal village has 163 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bathal has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Bathal is 144529. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bathal covers 127 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bathal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bathal is Saila Khurd, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bathal.

Bathal is about 31 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bathal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Saila Khurd is about 2.4 km away. Garhshankar is about 11 km away. Banga is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bharatpur Jattan (under 2 km), Jassowal (1.8 km) and Bihran (2.1 km).

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

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