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About Banizer Village

Banizer is a small village in Amloh tehsil, in the district of Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 464, made up of 251 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banizer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banizer village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Fatehgarh Sahib
Tehsil Amloh
Pincode 147301
Area (hectares) 185 hectares
Population 464
Male Population 251
Female Population 213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 849
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banizer compares

By the 2011 count Banizer is the 88th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 890.

Getting to Banizer

Banizer is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banizer as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Banizer from other places

Banizer lies about 47 km from Fatehgarh Sahib, and the nearest railway station is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 12 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 Banizer
Tehsil headquarters Amloh 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Mandi Gobindgarh 12 km
Nearest town Gobindgarh 13 km
District headquarters Fatehgarh Sahib 47 km

Villages closest to Banizer

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banizer village had a population of 464. That makes it the 88th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents.

Banizer village has 251 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banizer has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Banizer is 147301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banizer covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banizer falls under Amloh tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Banizer is Mandi Gobindgarh, about 12 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Banizer.

Banizer is about 47 km from Fatehgarh Sahib in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banizer is in Amloh tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district. Amloh is about 2.9 km away. Mandi Gobindgarh is about 12 km away. Gobindgarh is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Haripur (under 2 km), Bhambrian (under 2 km) and Mangarh (1.5 km).

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

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