About Banjri Village

Banjri is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 167 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171209
Area (hectares)	181 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	167
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjri compares

By the 2011 count Banjri is the 62nd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 181 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Banjri

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

Banjri lies about 18 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 Banjri
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	9.2 km
District headquarters	Shimla	18 km

Villages closest to Banjri

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 Banjri

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjri village had a population of 317. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Banjri village has 167 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjri has about 898 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 Banjri is 171209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banjri covers 181 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Banjri 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 Banjri.

Banjri is about 18 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjri is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 9.2 km away. Shimla is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.