About Banu Village

Banu is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 33 males and 38 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,152 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176302
Area (hectares)	80.67 hectares
Population	71
Male Population	33
Female Population	38
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,152
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banu compares

By the 2011 count Banu is the 106th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 80.67 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Banu

Banu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Banu from other places

Banu 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 Banu
District headquarters	Chamba	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	13 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	28 km

Villages closest to Banu

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 Banu

As per the Census of India 2011, Banu village had a population of 71. That makes it the 106th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Banu village has 33 males and 38 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banu has about 1152 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Banu is 176302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banu covers 80.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banu falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banu 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banu.

Banu 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.

Banu is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 13 km away. Dalhousie 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.