About Dank Village

Dank is a small village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 78 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,385 females per 1000 males. The village covers 22.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dank Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dank village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Garud
Pincode	263635
Area (hectares)	22.72 hectares
Population	186
Male Population	78
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,385
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 Dank compares

By the 2011 count Dank is the 119th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 22.72 hectares work out to about 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Dank

Dank is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Dank 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 Dank from other places

Dank lies about 18 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 80 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 Dank
Tehsil headquarters	Garud	18 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	18 km
Nearest town	Almora	42 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	80 km

Villages closest to Dank

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dank village had a population of 186. That makes it the 119th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Dank village has 78 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dank has about 1385 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Dank is 263635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dank covers 22.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Dank falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Dank is Kathgodam, about 80 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 Dank.

Dank is about 18 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dank is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 18 km away. Bageshwar is about 18 km away. Almora is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.