About Ban Sadwan Village

Ban Sadwan is a small village in Rakkar tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 37 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 730 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Sadwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Sadwan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Rakkar
Pincode	177108
Area (hectares)	25.46 hectares
Population	64
Male Population	37
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	730
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ban Sadwan compares

By the 2011 count Ban Sadwan is the 98th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 25.46 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1059.

Getting to Ban Sadwan

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

Ban Sadwan 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 Sadwan
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 Sadwan

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 Sadwan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Sadwan village had a population of 64. That makes it the 98th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Ban Sadwan village has 37 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Sadwan has about 730 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 Sadwan is 177108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Sadwan covers 25.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ban Sadwan falls under Rakkar tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Sadwan 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 village for Ban Sadwan.

Ban Sadwan 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 Sadwan 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.