About Banewal Village

Banewal is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 24 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banewal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171201
Area (hectares)	32.9 hectares
Population	40
Male Population	24
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banewal compares

By the 2011 count Banewal is the 363rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 32.9 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 990.

Getting to Banewal

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

Banewal lies about 20 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 Banewal
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	2.5 km
District headquarters	Shimla	20 km

Villages closest to Banewal

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 Banewal

As per the Census of India 2011, Banewal village had a population of 40. That makes it the 363rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Banewal village has 24 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banewal has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Banewal is 171201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banewal covers 32.9 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.

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

The census record for Banewal 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 Banewal.

Banewal is about 20 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banewal is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 2.5 km away. Shimla is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.