About Banaishi Village

Banaishi is a small village in Thunag tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 136 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banaishi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banaishi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Thunag
Pincode	175054
Area (hectares)	118.71 hectares
Population	260
Male Population	136
Female Population	124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banaishi compares

By the 2011 count Banaishi is the 83rd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 287 residents. Its 118.71 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Banaishi

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

Banaishi lies about 24 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 50 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 Banaishi
Tehsil headquarters	Thunag	5.6 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	19 km
District headquarters	Mandi	24 km
Nearest railway station	Summer Hill	50 km

Villages closest to Banaishi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banaishi village had a population of 260. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 287 residents.

Banaishi village has 136 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banaishi has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Banaishi is 175054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banaishi covers 118.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banaishi falls under Thunag tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banaishi is Summer Hill, about 50 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 Banaishi.

Banaishi is about 24 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banaishi is in Thunag tehsil of Mandi district. Thunag is about 5.6 km away. Sundarnagar is about 19 km away. Mandi is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.