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About Ban Attarian Village

Ban Attarian is a mid sized village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 730, made up of 379 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Attarian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Attarian village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Indora
Pincode 176402
Area (hectares) 191.35 hectares
Population 730
Male Population 379
Female Population 351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ban Attarian compares

By the 2011 count Ban Attarian is the 40th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 191.35 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Ban Attarian

Ban Attarian is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ban Attarian 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ban Attarian from other places

Ban Attarian lies about 56 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kandrori, about 1.6 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 Ban Attarian
Nearest railway station Kandrori 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Indora 5.6 km
Nearest town Pathānkot 12 km
District headquarters Kangra 56 km

Villages closest to Ban Attarian

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Indora 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 Ban Attarian

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Attarian village had a population of 730. That makes it the 40th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Ban Attarian village has 379 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Attarian has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Ban Attarian is 176402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Attarian covers 191.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ban Attarian falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Attarian is Kandrori, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ban Attarian.

Ban Attarian is about 56 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Attarian is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Kandrori is about 1.6 km away. Indora is about 5.6 km away. Pathānkot is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sheikhupura (1.6 km), Kandrori (1.7 km) and Bari (1.9 km).

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

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