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About Binnewal Village

Binnewal is a mid sized village in Una tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 648, made up of 311 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,084 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Binnewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Binnewal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Una
Pincode 174301
Area (hectares) 10.94 hectares
Population 648
Male Population 311
Female Population 337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,084
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Binnewal compares

By the 2011 count Binnewal is the 98th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,099 residents. Its 10.94 hectares work out to about 59 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Binnewal

Binnewal 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 Binnewal as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Binnewal from other places

Binnewal lies about 20 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Garhshankar, about 13 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 Binnewal
Nearest railway station Garhshankar 13 km
Nearest town Nangal 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Una 20 km

Villages closest to Binnewal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Binnewal village had a population of 648. That makes it the 98th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,099 residents.

Binnewal village has 311 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Binnewal has about 1084 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Binnewal is 174301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Binnewal covers 10.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 59 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Binnewal falls under Una tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Binnewal is Garhshankar, about 13 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 <5 km distance for Binnewal.

Binnewal is about 20 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Binnewal is in Una tehsil of Una district. Garhshankar is about 13 km away. Nangal is about 16 km away. Una is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lamian (14 km), Dhadial (14 km) and Bharolian Kalan (15 km).

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

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