About Kasba Banikhet Village

Kasba Banikhet is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 398, made up of 200 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kasba Banikhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kasba Banikhet village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	2.2 hectares
Population	398
Male Population	200
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kasba Banikhet compares

By the 2011 count Kasba Banikhet is the 29th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 2.2 hectares work out to about 181 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Kasba Banikhet

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

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

Villages closest to Kasba Banikhet

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 Kasba Banikhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Kasba Banikhet village had a population of 398. That makes it the 29th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Kasba Banikhet village has 200 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kasba Banikhet has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1025.

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

Kasba Banikhet covers 2.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 181 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

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

The nearest railway station to Kasba Banikhet 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 - 10 km distance for Kasba Banikhet.

Kasba Banikhet 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.

Kasba Banikhet 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.