About Bankote Village

Bankote is a mid sized village in Banihal tehsil, in the district of Ramban, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,860, made up of 988 males and 872 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 471.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bankote Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bankote village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Ramban
Tehsil	Banihal
Pincode	182146
Area (hectares)	471.9 hectares
Population	1,860
Male Population	988
Female Population	872
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bankote compares

By the 2011 count Bankote is the 25th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,671 residents. Its 471.9 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Bankote

Bankote is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bankote as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bankote from other places

Bankote lies about 17 km from Ramban. 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 Bankote
Tehsil headquarters	Banihal	9.9 km
District headquarters	Ramban	17 km
Nearest town	Dooru Verinag	20 km

Villages closest to Bankote

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Banihal 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.

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Common questions about Bankote

As per the Census of India 2011, Bankote village had a population of 1,860. That makes it the 25th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,671 residents.

Bankote village has 988 males and 872 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bankote has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Bankote is 182146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bankote covers 471.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bankote falls under Banihal tehsil of Ramban district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Bankote notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bankote.

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

Bankote is in Banihal tehsil of Ramban district. Banihal is about 9.9 km away. Ramban is about 17 km away. Dooru Verinag is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.