Banjar, Himachal Pradesh
Banjar is a town in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh and serves as Nagar Panchayat. It is also a Block, Tehsil and Panchayat Samiti of Kullu district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Banjar is 1.5 thousands out of which 818 are males and rest 729 are females. The sex ratio of this town is 891 females per 1000 males. There are around 142 teenagers in Banjar. It has literacy rate of 84% which means around 1.3 thousands persons can read and write. Total 298 people belonging to scheduled caste and 4 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 438 households in Banjar, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 559.
Schools
Banjar has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Gmsss Banjar
- Gmsss Sainj
- Govt. Senior Secondary School Gushani
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Sainj
- Govt. Senior Secondary School Thatibir
Banjar Panchayat Samiti
Smt Lata Devi is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Banjar, who can be contacted at email address bdoban08@rediffgmail.com and mobile number 86278xxx07. The Block landline number is 01903-22**28. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Pawan Thakur , who can be reached at email address bdobanjarkullu@gmail.com and mobile number 82199xxx22. The Block address is Dev. Block Banjar Distt. Kullu H.P, Pincode - 175123. You can reach there by taking a bus till Banjar bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has internet facility.There are one computer, one laptop, one printer and one scanner available for various works.Banjar Panchayat Samiti consists of total 39 Gram Panchayat.