About Banea Village

Banea is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 120 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banea Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banea village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171226
Area (hectares)	211 hectares
Population	248
Male Population	120
Female Population	128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,067
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banea compares

By the 2011 count Banea is the 109th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 211 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Banea

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

Banea lies about 26 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 Banea
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	13 km
District headquarters	Shimla	26 km

Villages closest to Banea

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.

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Common questions about Banea

As per the Census of India 2011, Banea village had a population of 248. That makes it the 109th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Banea village has 120 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banea has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Banea is 171226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banea covers 211 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.

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

The census record for Banea 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 Banea.

Banea is about 26 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banea is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 13 km away. Shimla is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.