About Ban Naun Village

Ban Naun is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12, made up of 8 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Naun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Naun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177043
Area (hectares)	112.27 hectares
Population	12
Male Population	8
Female Population	4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	500
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Ban Naun compares

By the 2011 count Ban Naun is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 112.27 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 1059.

Getting to Ban Naun

Ban Naun 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 Naun 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 Naun from other places

Ban Naun 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 Naun
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rakkar	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Ban Naun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Naun village had a population of 12. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Ban Naun village has 8 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Naun has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

The pincode recorded for Ban Naun is 177043. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Naun covers 112.27 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 Naun falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Naun is Jawalamukhi Road, about 12 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 Naun.

Ban Naun 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 Naun is in Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 12 km away. Rakkar is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.