About Bham Village

Bham is a large village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,661, made up of 1,817 males and 1,844 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 772 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 166013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bham Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bham village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	166013
Area (hectares)	772 hectares
Population	3,661
Male Population	1,817
Female Population	1,844
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bham compares

By the 2011 count Bham is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 772 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 Bham

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

Bham lies about 19 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 15 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 Bham
Nearest railway station	Mahngarwal Doaba	15 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	19 km
Nearest town	Hoshiārpur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	26 km

Villages closest to Bham

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 Bham

As per the Census of India 2011, Bham village had a population of 3,661. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Bham village has 1,817 males and 1,844 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bham has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Bham is 166013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bham covers 772 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bham falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bham is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 15 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 Bham.

Bham is about 19 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bham is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 15 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 19 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.