About Banet Village

Banet is a small village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 151 males and 159 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banet village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176207
Area (hectares)	223.36 hectares
Population	310
Male Population	151
Female Population	159
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banet compares

By the 2011 count Banet is the 48th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 223.36 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Banet

Banet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banet as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Banet from other places

Banet lies about 29 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 15 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 Banet
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	15 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	27 km
District headquarters	Chamba	29 km

Villages closest to Banet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banet village had a population of 310. That makes it the 48th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Banet village has 151 males and 159 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banet has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Banet is 176207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banet covers 223.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banet falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banet is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 15 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 village for Banet.

Banet is about 29 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banet is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 3.9 km away. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 15 km away. Dharamsala is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.