About Banandar Village

Banandar is a small village in Lad Bharol tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 100 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,690 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banandar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banandar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Lad Bharol
Pincode	176126
Area (hectares)	72.63 hectares
Population	269
Male Population	100
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,690
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banandar compares

By the 2011 count Banandar is the 31st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 72.63 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

Getting to Banandar

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

Banandar lies about 19 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 19 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 Banandar
Tehsil headquarters	Lad Bharol	14 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	19 km
District headquarters	Mandi	19 km

Villages closest to Banandar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lad Bharol 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 Banandar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banandar village had a population of 269. That makes it the 31st largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Banandar village has 100 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banandar has about 1690 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1262.

The pincode recorded for Banandar is 176126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banandar covers 72.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banandar falls under Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banandar is Joginder Nagar, about 19 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 Banandar.

Banandar is about 19 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banandar is in Lad Bharol tehsil of Mandi district. Lad Bharol is about 14 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 19 km away. Mandi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.