About Banoh Village

Banoh is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 226 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banoh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banoh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	149 hectares
Population	470
Male Population	226
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banoh compares

By the 2011 count Banoh is the 22nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 149 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 Banoh

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

Banoh lies about 52 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 34 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 Banoh
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	23 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	34 km
District headquarters	Solan	52 km

Villages closest to Banoh

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 Banoh

As per the Census of India 2011, Banoh village had a population of 470. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Banoh village has 226 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banoh has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Banoh is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banoh covers 149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Banoh is Jutogh, about 34 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 Banoh.

Banoh is about 52 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banoh is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Sundarnagar is about 21 km away. Arki is about 23 km away. Jutogh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.