About Banor Village

Banor is a mid sized village in Paonta Sahib tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,025, made up of 536 males and 489 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 589 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banor village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Paonta Sahib
Pincode	173025
Area (hectares)	589 hectares
Population	1,025
Male Population	536
Female Population	489
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banor compares

By the 2011 count Banor is the 45th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 589 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Banor

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

Banor lies about 32 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 42 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 Banor
Tehsil headquarters	Paonta Sahib	20 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	20 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	32 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	42 km

Villages closest to Banor

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paonta Sahib 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 Banor

As per the Census of India 2011, Banor village had a population of 1,025. That makes it the 45th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Banor village has 536 males and 489 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banor has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Banor is 173025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banor covers 589 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banor falls under Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banor is Dehradun, about 42 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 Banor.

Banor is about 32 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banor is in Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district. Paonta Sahib is about 20 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 20 km away. Sirmaur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.