About Binjon Village

Binjon is a large village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,464, made up of 1,712 males and 1,752 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 716 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144520, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Binjon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Binjon village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144520
Area (hectares)	716 hectares
Population	3,464
Male Population	1,712
Female Population	1,752
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Binjon compares

By the 2011 count Binjon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 716 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Binjon

Binjon 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 Binjon 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Binjon from other places

Binjon lies about 32 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Saila Khurd, about 7.6 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 Binjon
Nearest railway station	Saila Khurd	7.6 km
Nearest town	Banga	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	14 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	32 km

Villages closest to Binjon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Binjon village had a population of 3,464. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Binjon village has 1,712 males and 1,752 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Binjon has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Binjon is 144520. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Binjon covers 716 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Binjon falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Binjon is Saila Khurd, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Binjon is about 32 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Binjon is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Saila Khurd is about 7.6 km away. Banga is about 8.4 km away. Garhshankar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.