About Banal Village

Banal is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 211, made up of 110 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Tira Sujanpur
Pincode	176108
Area (hectares)	99.79 hectares
Population	211
Male Population	110
Female Population	101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banal compares

By the 2011 count Banal is the 56th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 99.79 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Banal

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

Banal lies about 13 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 30 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 Banal
Tehsil headquarters	Tira Sujanpur	4.2 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	30 km
Nearest town	Mandi	43 km

Villages closest to Banal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Banal

As per the Census of India 2011, Banal village had a population of 211. That makes it the 56th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Banal village has 110 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banal has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Banal is 176108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banal covers 99.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banal falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banal is Panchrukhi, about 30 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 Banal.

Banal is about 13 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banal is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 4.2 km away. Hamirpur is about 13 km away. Panchrukhi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.