About Banari Village

Banari is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 62 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,210 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, 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	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	131.87 hectares
Population	137
Male Population	62
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,210
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banari compares

By the 2011 count Banari is the 226th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 131.87 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Banari

Banari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Banari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 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	Theog	11 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 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 Banari

As per the Census of India 2011, Banari village had a population of 137. That makes it the 226th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Banari village has 62 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banari has about 1210 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

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

Banari covers 131.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

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

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance 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 Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 11 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.