About Ban Village

Ban is a mid sized village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 529, made up of 266 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176200, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Nurpur
Pincode	176200
Area (hectares)	117.38 hectares
Population	529
Male Population	266
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ban compares

By the 2011 count Ban is the 101st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 117.38 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Ban

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

Ban 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 Ban
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 Ban

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 Ban

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban village had a population of 529. That makes it the 101st largest of the 372 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Ban village has 266 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Ban is 176200. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban covers 117.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ban 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 Ban.

Ban 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.

Ban 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.