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About Ban Kurang Village

Ban Kurang is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 19 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,105 females per 1000 males. The village covers 225.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176086, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Kurang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Kurang village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Palampur
Pincode 176086
Area (hectares) 225.96 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 19
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,105
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ban Kurang compares

By the 2011 count Ban Kurang is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 225.96 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Ban Kurang

Ban Kurang is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ban Kurang as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Kurang from other places

Ban Kurang lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 Kurang
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 12 km
District headquarters Kangra 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Palampur 30 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 32 km

Villages closest to Ban Kurang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Kurang village had a population of 40. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Ban Kurang village has 19 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Kurang has about 1105 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Ban Kurang is 176086. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Kurang covers 225.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ban Kurang falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Kurang is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 <5 km distance for Ban Kurang.

Ban Kurang is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Kurang is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 12 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Palampur is about 30 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 (under 2 km), Ban Jaind (under 2 km) and D P F Ban Kurang (under 2 km).

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

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