About Banchuna Village

Banchuna is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 244 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banchuna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banchuna village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	330.03 hectares
Population	470
Male Population	244
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banchuna compares

By the 2011 count Banchuna is the 35th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 330.03 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Banchuna

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

Banchuna lies about 53 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 Banchuna
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	5.1 km
District headquarters	Shimla	53 km

Villages closest to Banchuna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banchuna village had a population of 470. That makes it the 35th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Banchuna village has 244 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banchuna has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Banchuna is 171207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banchuna covers 330.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banchuna falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Banchuna 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 Banchuna.

Banchuna is about 53 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banchuna is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 5.1 km away. Shimla is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.