About Banyana Village

Banyana is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 218, made up of 105 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176051, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banyana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banyana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176051
Area (hectares)	82.47 hectares
Population	218
Male Population	105
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banyana compares

By the 2011 count Banyana is the 215th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 82.47 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Banyana

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

Banyana lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 7.6 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 Banyana
Tehsil headquarters	Nurpur	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Talara	7.6 km
Nearest town	Mamun	23 km
District headquarters	Kangra	38 km

Villages closest to Banyana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banyana village had a population of 218. That makes it the 215th largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Banyana village has 105 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banyana has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Banyana is 176051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banyana covers 82.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banyana falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banyana is Talara, about 7.6 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 Banyana.

Banyana is about 38 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banyana is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Nurpur is about 5.2 km away. Talara is about 7.6 km away. Mamun is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.