About Biana Village

Biana is a mid sized village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 793, made up of 381 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176317, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176317
Area (hectares)	199.51 hectares
Population	793
Male Population	381
Female Population	412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,081
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Biana compares

By the 2011 count Biana is the 8th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 199.51 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Biana

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

Biana lies about 19 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 53 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 Biana
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	19 km
District headquarters	Chamba	19 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	53 km

Villages closest to Biana

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 Biana

As per the Census of India 2011, Biana village had a population of 793. That makes it the 8th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Biana village has 381 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biana has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Biana is 176317. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biana covers 199.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Biana is Nurpur Road, about 53 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 Biana.

Biana is about 19 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biana is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 19 km away. Chamba is about 19 km away. Nurpur Road is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.