Banihal
Banihal is a town in Ramban district of Jammu & Kashmir and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Tehsil and Block Development Council of Ramban district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Banihal is 4.4 thousands out of which 2.7 thousands are males and rest 1.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 590 females per 1000 males. There are around 388 teenagers in Banihal. It has literacy rate of 75% which means around 3.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 2 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 721 households in Banihal, which means every family has 6 members on average. The town has working population of 1.9 thousands.
Schools
Banihal has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- New Convent Secondary Institute Banihal
- Iqbal Memorial Educational Institute Banihal
- Govt. Higher Secondary School (Boys) Banihal
- Govt. Higher Secondary School Tethar
- Adnan Model School Banihal
Banihal Block Development Council
Banihal Block Development Council consists of total 24 Halqa Panchayat.
- Ashar
- Bankote
- Chamalwas Lower-A
- Chamalwas Upper
- Changloo
- Chareel
- Doligam Lower
- Doligam Upper-A
- Gund Adalkote-A
- Karwah
- Kaskote
- Lamber
- Nogam
- Thather Lower
- Chacknarwah
- Chamalwas Lower-B
- Doligam Upper-B
- Gund Adalkote-B
- Gund Thather
- Nowgam
- Zanihal
- Tantraypora
- Thachi Wagan
- Takiya Thethar
Other villages in Banihal Tehsil
Banihal Tehsil has total 2 villages which are currently not mapped to any Halqa Panchayat.