About Bant Village

Bant is a mid sized village in Chenani tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 614, made up of 330 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bant Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bant village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Chenani
Pincode	182141
Area (hectares)	258.6 hectares
Population	614
Male Population	330
Female Population	284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bant compares

By the 2011 count Bant is the 28th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 258.6 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 925.

Getting to Bant

Bant is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bant as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bant from other places

Bant lies about 7.8 km from Chenani, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 9.8 km away. 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 Bant
Tehsil headquarters	Chenani	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	9.8 km

Villages closest to Bant

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bant village had a population of 614. That makes it the 28th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Bant village has 330 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bant has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Bant is 182141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bant covers 258.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bant falls under Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Bant is Udhampur, about 9.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bant.

Bant is about 7.8 km from Chenani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bant is in Chenani tehsil of Udhampur district. Chenani is about 7.8 km away. Udhampur is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.