Banahar (147)
Narkanda block · Shimla
district, Himachal Pradesh · PIN 172024
· village code 23815
Population 2011
458
Census of India
Population 2020
300
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-34.5%
-158 people · -4.6% a year
Households
67
-33.7% vs 101 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
458
Male / female
228 / 230
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
1,009
Children aged 0–6
33
Literacy rate
75.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
75 / 0
Working population
277
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
90.3%
Households
101
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
16
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
50
Non-farm households
16
Share of households farming, 2020
76%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 40 / 3
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Banahar panchayat, Narkanda zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹8.59 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹7.10 lakh
Received directly
₹70,000
Spent
₹1.85 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹14.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹3.26 lakh · received ₹2.93 lakh · spent ₹1.17 lakh · left ₹5.03 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.33 lakh · received ₹4.17 lakh · spent ₹67,420 · left ₹9.53 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.3306, 77.4201 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Shimla district ·
School
staffing across Shimla ·
…and across Himachal Pradesh