About Banar Kalan Village

Banar Kalan is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 56 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banar Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173024
Area (hectares)	133 hectares
Population	111
Male Population	56
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Banar Kalan is the 180th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Banar Kalan

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

Banar Kalan lies about 20 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 52 km away. 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 Kalan
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	20 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	20 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	52 km

Villages closest to Banar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pachhad 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 Banar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Banar Kalan village had a population of 111. That makes it the 180th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Banar Kalan village has 56 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banar Kalan has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Banar Kalan is 173024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banar Kalan covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banar Kalan falls under Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banar Kalan is Dehradun, about 52 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 Banar Kalan.

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

Banar Kalan is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Pāonta Sāhib is about 17 km away. Pachhad is about 20 km away. Sirmaur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.