About Banetu Village

Banetu is a small village in Bhalai tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 374, made up of 192 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176308, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banetu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banetu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhalai
Pincode	176308
Area (hectares)	120 hectares
Population	374
Male Population	192
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banetu compares

By the 2011 count Banetu is the 31st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 325 residents. Its 120 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Banetu

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

Banetu lies about 16 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 25 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 Banetu
District headquarters	Chamba	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhalai	22 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	25 km

Villages closest to Banetu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banetu village had a population of 374. That makes it the 31st largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 325 residents.

Banetu village has 192 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banetu has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Banetu is 176308. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banetu covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banetu falls under Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banetu is Nurpur Road, about 25 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 Banetu.

Banetu is about 16 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banetu is in Bhalai tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 16 km away. Bhalai is about 22 km away. Nurpur Road is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.