About Banwar Village

Banwar is a small village in Multhan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 71, made up of 37 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banwar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Multhan
Pincode	176122
Area (hectares)	42.7 hectares
Population	71
Male Population	37
Female Population	34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banwar compares

By the 2011 count Banwar is the 27th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 224 residents. Its 42.7 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Banwar

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

Banwar lies about 54 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Zero Point, about under 2 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 Banwar
Nearest railway station	Zero Point	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Multhan	1.6 km
Nearest town	Mandi	39 km
District headquarters	Kangra	54 km

Villages closest to Banwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banwar village had a population of 71. That makes it the 27th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 224 residents.

Banwar village has 37 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banwar has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Banwar is 176122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banwar covers 42.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banwar falls under Multhan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banwar is Zero Point, about under 2 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 Banwar.

Banwar is about 54 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banwar is in Multhan tehsil of Kangra district. Zero Point is about under 2 km away. Multhan is about 1.6 km away. Mandi is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.