About Banan Village

Banan is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 345, made up of 165 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	171102
Area (hectares)	91.66 hectares
Population	345
Male Population	165
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,091
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banan compares

By the 2011 count Banan is the 31st largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 91.66 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Banan

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

Banan lies about 26 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 9.1 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 Banan
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	9.1 km
Nearest town	Shimla	13 km
District headquarters	Solan	26 km

Villages closest to Banan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arki 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 Banan

As per the Census of India 2011, Banan village had a population of 345. That makes it the 31st largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Banan village has 165 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banan has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Banan is 171102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banan covers 91.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banan falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banan is Jutogh, about 9.1 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 Banan.

Banan is about 26 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banan is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 6.8 km away. Jutogh is about 9.1 km away. Shimla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.