About Banian Village

Banian is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 118 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banian village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kasauli
Pincode	173204
Area (hectares)	80.44 hectares
Population	230
Male Population	118
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Banian compares

By the 2011 count Banian is the 56th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 80.44 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Banian

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

Banian lies about 15 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Sonwara, about 5.9 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 Banian
Tehsil headquarters	Kasauli	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Sonwara	5.9 km
Nearest town	Kālka	10 km
District headquarters	Solan	15 km

Villages closest to Banian

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 Banian

As per the Census of India 2011, Banian village had a population of 230. That makes it the 56th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Banian village has 118 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banian has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Banian is 173204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banian covers 80.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Banian is Sonwara, about 5.9 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 Banian.

Banian 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.

Banian is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Kasauli is about 3.4 km away. Sonwara is about 5.9 km away. Kālka is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.