About Banari Village

Banari is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 80 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 650 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banari village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171219
Area (hectares)	110.26 hectares
Population	132
Male Population	80
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	650
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Banari compares

By the 2011 count Banari is the 185th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 110.26 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Banari

Banari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banari as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banari from other places

Banari lies about 28 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 Banari
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	28 km
District headquarters	Shimla	28 km

Villages closest to Banari

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 Banari

As per the Census of India 2011, Banari village had a population of 132. That makes it the 185th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Banari village has 80 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banari has about 650 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Banari is 171219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banari covers 110.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Banari notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banari.

Banari is about 28 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banari is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 28 km away. Shimla is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.