# Bangran Village, Paonta Sahib, Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh)

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Village · Paonta Sahib, Sirmaur 

# Bangran

Bangran is a village in Paonta Sahib sub-district of Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **173025**. The 2011 Census counted **965 people in 179 households**, the 53rd largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 965people (2011)
- 179households
- 73.0%literacy
- 173025PIN code

## Bangran PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bangran is 173025.** Bangran falls in Paonta Sahib sub-district, Sirmaur district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code173025
- Community development blockPaonta Sahib
- Census village code023345

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bangran from nearby towns?

- Paonta Sahib (sub-district HQ)9 km by road
- Nahan (district HQ)54 km by road
- Paonta Sahib (nearest town)9 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bangran?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Bangran; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Internet / Common Service CentreIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shivpur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Poanta Sahib
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Poanta Sahib
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bangran known for?

The main crops are **wheat, maize and paddy**. About 43% of the 181 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bangran

Of every 100 households in Bangran in 2011, 95 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 28 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Bangran · ■ Paonta Sahib rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**45%

Tap water ****55%**

**65%

Drinking water within premises ****26%**

**45%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**63%

Use banking services ****61%**

**76%

Television ****59%**

**63%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****28%**

**31%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**7%

None of these assets ****7%**

**11%

Own their home ****93%**

**88%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bangran?

■ Bangran · ■ Paonta Sahib rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****982**

**901

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****896**

**928

Working population ****31.9%**

**41.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 63.9% for women. 57% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 44 (14%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 155 (50%) · **■** Marginal 106 (34%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Paonta Sahib

- Byas1,006 people
- Ghutanpur987 people
- Shiwa Ridana973 people
- Haripur Tohana967 people
- Amargarh960 people
- Kadela Adhwar934 people
- Kedarpur931 people
- Kanshipur917 people

[All 146 villages in Paonta Sahib](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/sirmaur/paonta-sahib/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bangran?173025
- How far is Bangran from Nahan?54 km by road
- What is the population of Bangran?965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bangran in?Sirmaur district (Paonta Sahib sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bangran?73.0% (Census 2011)
