About Behbalpur Village

Behbalpur is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,216, made up of 609 males and 607 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144519, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Behbalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Behbalpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144519
Area (hectares)	276 hectares
Population	1,216
Male Population	609
Female Population	607
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Behbalpur compares

By the 2011 count Behbalpur is the 88th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 276 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Behbalpur

Behbalpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Behbalpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Behbalpur from other places

Behbalpur lies about 30 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Saila Khurd, about 9.3 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 Behbalpur
Nearest railway station	Saila Khurd	9.3 km
Nearest town	Banga	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	16 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	30 km

Villages closest to Behbalpur

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.

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Common questions about Behbalpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Behbalpur village had a population of 1,216. That makes it the 88th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Behbalpur village has 609 males and 607 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Behbalpur has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Behbalpur is 144519. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Behbalpur covers 276 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Behbalpur falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Behbalpur is Saila Khurd, about 9.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Behbalpur.

Behbalpur is about 30 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Behbalpur is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Saila Khurd is about 9.3 km away. Banga is about 9.3 km away. Garhshankar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.