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About Banaru Awal Village

Banaru Awal is a small village in Jogindarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 49 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banaru Awal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banaru Awal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Jogindarnagar
Pincode 176120
Area (hectares) 52.57 hectares
Population 104
Male Population 49
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,122
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banaru Awal compares

By the 2011 count Banaru Awal is the 166th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 386 residents. Its 52.57 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Banaru Awal

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

Banaru Awal lies about 36 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 3.0 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 Banaru Awal
Nearest railway station Joginder Nagar 3.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Jogindarnagar 3.2 km
District headquarters Mandi 36 km

Villages closest to Banaru Awal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jogindarnagar 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 Banaru Awal

As per the Census of India 2011, Banaru Awal village had a population of 104. That makes it the 166th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 386 residents.

Banaru Awal village has 49 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banaru Awal has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1112.

The pincode recorded for Banaru Awal is 176120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banaru Awal covers 52.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banaru Awal falls under Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banaru Awal is Joginder Nagar, about 3.0 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 Banaru Awal.

Banaru Awal is about 36 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banaru Awal is in Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Joginder Nagar is about 3.0 km away. Jogindarnagar is about 3.2 km away. Mandi is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banaru Dom (under 2 km), Miharah (under 2 km) and Changrehr (under 2 km).

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

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