About Banogra Village

Banogra is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 59 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banogra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banogra village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	36 hectares
Population	111
Male Population	59
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banogra compares

By the 2011 count Banogra is the 138th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 36 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Banogra

Banogra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Banogra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Banogra from other places

Banogra lies about 31 km from Shimla. 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 Banogra
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	5.0 km
District headquarters	Shimla	31 km

Villages closest to Banogra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banogra village had a population of 111. That makes it the 138th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Banogra village has 59 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banogra has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Banogra is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banogra covers 36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banogra falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Banogra notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Banogra.

Banogra is about 31 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banogra is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 5.0 km away. Shimla is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.