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About Banikhet Jangal Village

Banikhet Jangal is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 173 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 769 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banikhet Jangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banikhet Jangal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Chamba
Tehsil Dalhousie
Pincode 176303
Area (hectares) 104.89 hectares
Population 306
Male Population 173
Female Population 133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 769
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banikhet Jangal compares

By the 2011 count Banikhet Jangal is the 42nd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 104.89 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Banikhet Jangal

Banikhet Jangal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banikhet Jangal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Banikhet Jangal from other places

Banikhet Jangal lies about 17 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 31 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 Banikhet Jangal
Tehsil headquarters Dalhousie under 2 km
District headquarters Chamba 17 km
Nearest railway station Nurpur Road 31 km

Villages closest to Banikhet Jangal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dalhousie 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 Banikhet Jangal

As per the Census of India 2011, Banikhet Jangal village had a population of 306. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Banikhet Jangal village has 173 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banikhet Jangal has about 769 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Banikhet Jangal is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banikhet Jangal covers 104.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banikhet Jangal falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banikhet Jangal is Nurpur Road, about 31 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 <5 km distance for Banikhet Jangal.

Banikhet Jangal is about 17 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banikhet Jangal is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about under 2 km away. Chamba is about 17 km away. Nurpur Road is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banikhet Jarei (under 2 km), Kasba Banikhet (under 2 km) and Bathri Jarai (4.3 km).

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

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