About Banog Village

Banog is a small village in Holi tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 109, made up of 54 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 114.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banog village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Holi
Pincode	176309
Area (hectares)	114.93 hectares
Population	109
Male Population	54
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banog compares

By the 2011 count Banog is the 32nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 114.93 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 929.

Getting to Banog

Banog is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banog as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Banog from other places

Banog lies about 41 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 32 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 Banog
Tehsil headquarters	Holi	7.2 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	26 km
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	32 km
District headquarters	Chamba	41 km

Villages closest to Banog

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banog village had a population of 109. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Banog village has 54 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banog has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Banog is 176309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banog covers 114.93 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.

Banog falls under Holi tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banog is Chamunda Marg, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banog.

Banog is about 41 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banog is in Holi tehsil of Chamba district. Holi is about 7.2 km away. Dharamsala is about 26 km away. Chamunda Marg is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.