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About Banar Village

Banar is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 204, made up of 102 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171220
Area (hectares) 77.25 hectares
Population 204
Male Population 102
Female Population 102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banar compares

By the 2011 count Banar is the 157th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 77.25 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Banar

Banar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Banar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Banar from other places

Banar 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 Banar
Tehsil headquarters Theog 10 km
District headquarters Shimla 28 km

Villages closest to Banar

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

Common questions about Banar

As per the Census of India 2011, Banar village had a population of 204. That makes it the 157th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Banar village has 102 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Banar is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banar covers 77.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banar falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Banar 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 <5 km distance for Banar.

Banar 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.

Banar is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 10 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.

The closest recorded villages are Damiana (under 2 km), Jangal Lohala (1.5 km) and Khar (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banar today is likely to be higher.

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