About Banuni Village

Banuni is a small village in Bhattiyat tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 126 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banuni village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Bhattiyat
Pincode	176313
Area (hectares)	118 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	126
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banuni compares

By the 2011 count Banuni is the 67th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 118 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Banuni

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

Banuni lies about 13 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 28 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 Banuni
Tehsil headquarters	Bhattiyat	13 km
District headquarters	Chamba	13 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	28 km

Villages closest to Banuni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banuni village had a population of 248. That makes it the 67th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Banuni village has 126 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banuni has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Banuni is 176313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banuni covers 118 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banuni falls under Bhattiyat tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banuni is Nurpur Road, about 28 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 Banuni.

Banuni is about 13 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banuni is in Bhattiyat tehsil of Chamba district. Bhattiyat is about 13 km away. Chamba is about 13 km away. Nurpur Road is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.