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About Beh Lakhan Village

Beh Lakhan is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,173, made up of 581 males and 592 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beh Lakhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beh Lakhan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144214
Area (hectares) 378 hectares
Population 1,173
Male Population 581
Female Population 592
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Beh Lakhan compares

By the 2011 count Beh Lakhan is the 63rd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 378 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Beh Lakhan

Beh Lakhan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Beh Lakhan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Beh Lakhan from other places

Beh Lakhan lies about 42 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 12 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 Beh Lakhan
Nearest town Talwāra 6.0 km
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 21 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 42 km

Villages closest to Beh Lakhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mukerian 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 Beh Lakhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Beh Lakhan village had a population of 1,173. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Beh Lakhan village has 581 males and 592 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beh Lakhan has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Beh Lakhan is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beh Lakhan covers 378 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Beh Lakhan falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Beh Lakhan is Kartoli Punjab, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Beh Lakhan.

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

Beh Lakhan is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Talwāra is about 6.0 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 12 km away. Mukerian is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Beh Fattu (2.2 km), Beh Chuhar (3.2 km) and Dhar (4.0 km).

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

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