About Banikhet Jarei Village

Banikhet Jarei is a large village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,599, made up of 1,311 males and 1,288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banikhet Jarei Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banikhet Jarei village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	98.21 hectares
Population	2,599
Male Population	1,311
Female Population	1,288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banikhet Jarei compares

By the 2011 count Banikhet Jarei is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 98.21 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Banikhet Jarei

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

Banikhet Jarei 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 Jarei
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	under 2 km
District headquarters	Chamba	17 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	31 km

Villages closest to Banikhet Jarei

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.

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Common questions about Banikhet Jarei

As per the Census of India 2011, Banikhet Jarei village had a population of 2,599. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Banikhet Jarei village has 1,311 males and 1,288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banikhet Jarei has about 982 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 1025.

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

Banikhet Jarei covers 98.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Banikhet Jarei 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 village for Banikhet Jarei.

Banikhet Jarei 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 Jarei 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.