About Banjar Village

Banjar is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 159 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176320, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176320
Area (hectares)	131 hectares
Population	318
Male Population	159
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Banjar compares

By the 2011 count Banjar is the 68th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 131 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Banjar

Banjar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banjar 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 Banjar from other places

Banjar lies about 21 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 50 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 Banjar
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	21 km
District headquarters	Chamba	21 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	50 km

Villages closest to Banjar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjar village had a population of 318. That makes it the 68th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Banjar village has 159 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Banjar is 176320. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjar covers 131 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjar falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banjar is Nurpur Road, about 50 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 Banjar.

Banjar is about 21 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjar is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 21 km away. Chamba is about 21 km away. Nurpur Road is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.