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About Ban Mandu Village

Ban Mandu is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 6 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Mandu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Mandu village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176101
Area (hectares) 148.56 hectares
Population 8
Male Population 6
Female Population 2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 333
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ban Mandu compares

By the 2011 count Ban Mandu is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 148.56 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 1217.

Getting to Ban Mandu

Ban Mandu 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 Mandu as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ban Mandu from other places

Ban Mandu lies about 57 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 19 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 Mandu
Nearest railway station Joginder Nagar 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 19 km
Nearest town Mandi 19 km
District headquarters Kangra 57 km

Villages closest to Ban Mandu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Mandu village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Ban Mandu village has 6 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Mandu has about 333 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Ban Mandu is 176101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Mandu covers 148.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ban Mandu falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Mandu is Joginder Nagar, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Ban Mandu.

Ban Mandu is about 57 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Mandu is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Joginder Nagar is about 19 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 19 km away. Mandi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ban Banjar (under 2 km), Bansu (under 2 km) and Nagban Buhla (under 2 km).

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

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