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About Banlagi Village

Banlagi is a small village in Krishangarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 284, made up of 141 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banlagi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banlagi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Krishangarh
Pincode 173206
Area (hectares) 54 hectares
Population 284
Male Population 141
Female Population 143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banlagi compares

By the 2011 count Banlagi is the 17th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 118 residents. Its 54 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Banlagi

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

Banlagi lies about 17 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kathleeghat, about 9.8 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 Banlagi
Tehsil headquarters Krishangarh 8.3 km
Nearest railway station Kathleeghat 9.8 km
District headquarters Solan 17 km

Villages closest to Banlagi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banlagi village had a population of 284. That makes it the 17th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 118 residents.

Banlagi village has 141 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banlagi has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Banlagi is 173206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banlagi covers 54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banlagi falls under Krishangarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Banlagi is Kathleeghat, about 9.8 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 Banlagi.

Banlagi is about 17 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banlagi is in Krishangarh tehsil of Solan district. Krishangarh is about 8.3 km away. Kathleeghat is about 9.8 km away. Solan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaela (4.0 km), Khairi (5.0 km) and Bani (5.8 km).

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

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