About Banoti Khas Village

Banoti Khas is a small village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 389, made up of 204 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banoti Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banoti Khas village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171214
Area (hectares)	151.59 hectares
Population	389
Male Population	204
Female Population	185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banoti Khas compares

By the 2011 count Banoti Khas is the 50th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 151.59 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 954.

Getting to Banoti Khas

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

Banoti Khas lies about 30 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 29 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 Banoti Khas
Nearest railway station	Salogra	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	30 km
District headquarters	Shimla	30 km

Villages closest to Banoti Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chirgaon 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 Banoti Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Banoti Khas village had a population of 389. That makes it the 50th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Banoti Khas village has 204 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banoti Khas has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Banoti Khas is 171214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banoti Khas covers 151.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banoti Khas falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banoti Khas is Salogra, about 29 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 Banoti Khas.

Banoti Khas is about 30 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banoti Khas is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 29 km away. Chirgaon is about 30 km away. Shimla is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.