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About Banog Village

Banog is a small village in Kotli tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 107 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,168 females per 1000 males. The village covers 165.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 691100, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Kotli
Pincode 691100
Area (hectares) 165.81 hectares
Population 232
Male Population 107
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,168
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banog compares

By the 2011 count Banog is the 47th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 165.81 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 1084.

Getting to Banog

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

Banog lies about 86 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 14 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 Banog
Tehsil headquarters Kotli 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 14 km
Nearest town Shimla 16 km
District headquarters Mandi 86 km

Villages closest to Banog

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banog village had a population of 232. That makes it the 47th largest of the 62 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Banog village has 107 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banog has about 1168 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1084.

The pincode recorded for Banog is 691100. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banog covers 165.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banog falls under Kotli tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banog is Salogra, about 14 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 Banog.

Banog is about 86 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banog is in Kotli tehsil of Mandi district. Kotli is about 7.4 km away. Salogra is about 14 km away. Shimla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaloh (1.8 km), Badgaon (2.5 km) and Badyar (2.5 km).

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

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