About Banasar Village

Banasar is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 187 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banasar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banasar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173220
Area (hectares)	94.69 hectares
Population	342
Male Population	187
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	829
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banasar compares

By the 2011 count Banasar is the 32nd largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 94.69 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Banasar

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

Banasar lies about 15 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Gumman, about 3.3 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 Banasar
Nearest railway station	Gumman	3.3 km
Nearest town	Kālka	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	9.2 km
District headquarters	Solan	15 km

Villages closest to Banasar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banasar village had a population of 342. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Banasar village has 187 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banasar has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Banasar is 173220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banasar covers 94.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banasar falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banasar is Gumman, about 3.3 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 Banasar.

Banasar 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.

Banasar is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Gumman is about 3.3 km away. Kālka is about 5.6 km away. Kasauli is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.