About Banar Village

Banar is a small village in Pachhad tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 167, made up of 88 males and 79 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Pachhad
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	142 hectares
Population	167
Male Population	88
Female Population	79
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 Banar compares

By the 2011 count Banar is the 119th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 206 residents. Its 142 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 951.

Getting to Banar

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

Banar lies about 20 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 28 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
Nearest town	Nāhan	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pachhad	20 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	20 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	28 km

Villages closest to Banar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banar village had a population of 167. That makes it the 119th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 206 residents.

Banar village has 88 males and 79 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banar has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Banar is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banar covers 142 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Banar is Barog, about 28 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.

Banar 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 is in Pachhad tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nāhan is about 14 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.