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About Banog Village

Banog is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 93 males and 51 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 548 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173220
Area (hectares) 19.85 hectares
Population 144
Male Population 93
Female Population 51
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 548
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banog compares

By the 2011 count Banog is the 100th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 19.85 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Banog

Banog is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Banog 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Banog from other places

Banog lies about 14 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Koti, about 10 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 Banog
Nearest railway station Koti 10 km
District headquarters Solan 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 16 km

Villages closest to Banog

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.

Common questions about Banog

As per the Census of India 2011, Banog village had a population of 144. That makes it the 100th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Banog village has 93 males and 51 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banog has about 548 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 Banog is 173220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banog covers 19.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Banog is Koti, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Banog.

Banog is about 14 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banog is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Koti is about 10 km away. Solan is about 14 km away. Kasauli is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Upmohal Chandaryani (2.2 km), Satrol (3.6 km) and Paratha (3.8 km).

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

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