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About Banota Village

Banota is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 20 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banota village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173213
Area (hectares) 20.85 hectares
Population 37
Male Population 20
Female Population 17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banota compares

By the 2011 count Banota is the 209th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 20.85 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 967.

Getting to Banota

Banota is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banota as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Banota from other places

Banota lies about 32 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 9.5 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 Banota
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 9.5 km
Nearest town Shimla 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandaghat 25 km
District headquarters Solan 32 km

Villages closest to Banota

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

Common questions about Banota

As per the Census of India 2011, Banota village had a population of 37. That makes it the 209th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Banota village has 20 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banota has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Banota is 173213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banota covers 20.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banota falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banota is Summer Hill, about 9.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banota.

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

Banota is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Summer Hill is about 9.5 km away. Shimla is about 11 km away. Kandaghat is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bashol (under 2 km), Nihara (3.6 km) and Sayari (5.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banota today is likely to be higher.

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