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About Banera Kalan Village

Banera Kalan is a mid sized village in Nabha tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,383, made up of 740 males and 643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 557 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banera Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banera Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Patiala
Tehsil Nabha
Pincode 147201
Area (hectares) 557 hectares
Population 1,383
Male Population 740
Female Population 643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Banera Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Banera Kalan is the 51st largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 557 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, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Banera Kalan

Banera Kalan 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 Banera Kalan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Banera Kalan from other places

Banera Kalan lies about 17 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kalhemajra, about 4.0 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 Banera Kalan
Nearest railway station Kalhemajra 4.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Nabha 10 km
Nearest town Nābha 10 km
District headquarters Patiala 17 km

Villages closest to Banera Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nabha 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 Banera Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Banera Kalan village had a population of 1,383. That makes it the 51st largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Banera Kalan village has 740 males and 643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banera Kalan has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

The pincode recorded for Banera Kalan is 147201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banera Kalan covers 557 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banera Kalan falls under Nabha tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Banera Kalan is Kalhemajra, about 4.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Banera Kalan.

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

Banera Kalan is in Nabha tehsil of Patiala district. Kalhemajra is about 4.0 km away. Nabha is about 10 km away. Nābha is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bauran Kalan (under 2 km), Banera Khurd (under 2 km) and Narmana (2.5 km).

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

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