About Banjan Village

Banjan is a small village in Darlaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 181, made up of 73 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,479 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banjan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banjan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Darlaghat
Pincode	171102
Area (hectares)	78 hectares
Population	181
Male Population	73
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,479
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banjan compares

By the 2011 count Banjan is the 60th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 194 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Banjan

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

Banjan lies about 15 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 14 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 Banjan
Nearest railway station	Salogra	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darlaghat	15 km
District headquarters	Solan	15 km

Villages closest to Banjan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banjan village had a population of 181. That makes it the 60th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 194 residents.

Banjan village has 73 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banjan has about 1479 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

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

Banjan covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banjan falls under Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banjan is Salogra, about 14 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 Banjan.

Banjan is about 15 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banjan is in Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 14 km away. Darlaghat is about 15 km away. Solan is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.