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About Banoh Village

Banoh is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13, made up of 8 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 625 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banoh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banoh village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176111
Area (hectares) 83.66 hectares
Population 13
Male Population 8
Female Population 5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 625
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banoh compares

By the 2011 count Banoh is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 83.66 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Banoh

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

Banoh lies about 34 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 Banoh
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 21 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 32 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 34 km

Villages closest to Banoh

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.

Common questions about Banoh

As per the Census of India 2011, Banoh village had a population of 13. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Banoh village has 8 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banoh has about 625 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Banoh is 176111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banoh covers 83.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Banoh is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 Banoh.

Banoh is about 34 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banoh is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 12 km away. Tira Sujanpur is about 21 km away. Dharamsala is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thathi Gurdwalan (2.2 km), Thathi Sanewan (2.2 km) and Than Tikkar (3.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banoh today is likely to be higher.

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