About Banahar Village

Banahar is a small village in Kumharsain tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 458, made up of 228 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banahar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kumharsain
Pincode	172027
Area (hectares)	244.98 hectares
Population	458
Male Population	228
Female Population	230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banahar compares

By the 2011 count Banahar is the 24th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 248 residents. Its 244.98 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Banahar

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

Banahar 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 Banahar
Tehsil headquarters	Kumharsain	8.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	31 km

Villages closest to Banahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banahar village had a population of 458. That makes it the 24th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 248 residents.

Banahar village has 228 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banahar has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Banahar is 172027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banahar covers 244.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banahar falls under Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Banahar notes the nearest railway station 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 Banahar.

Banahar 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.

Banahar is in Kumharsain tehsil of Shimla district. Kumharsain is about 8.8 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.