About Binu Village

Binu is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 29, made up of 15 males and 14 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Binu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Binu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	26.91 hectares
Population	29
Male Population	15
Female Population	14
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Binu compares

By the 2011 count Binu is the 433rd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 26.91 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Binu

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

Binu lies about 16 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 14 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 Binu
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km

Villages closest to Binu

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Binu

As per the Census of India 2011, Binu village had a population of 29. That makes it the 433rd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Binu village has 15 males and 14 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Binu has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Binu is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Binu covers 26.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Binu falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Binu is Jutogh, about 14 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 Binu.

Binu is about 16 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Binu is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 14 km away. Shimla Rural is about 16 km away. Shimla is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.