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About Banstoli Village

Banstoli is a small village in Kanda tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 206, made up of 101 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263631, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banstoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banstoli village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kanda
Pincode 263631
Area (hectares) 64.47 hectares
Population 206
Male Population 101
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,040
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Banstoli compares

By the 2011 count Banstoli is the 46th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 168 residents. Its 64.47 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1205.

Getting to Banstoli

Banstoli is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Banstoli as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Banstoli from other places

Banstoli lies about 95 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 30 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 Banstoli
Tehsil headquarters Kanda 29 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 30 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 30 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 95 km

Villages closest to Banstoli

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

Common questions about Banstoli

As per the Census of India 2011, Banstoli village had a population of 206. That makes it the 46th largest of the 156 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 168 residents.

Banstoli village has 101 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banstoli has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1205.

The pincode recorded for Banstoli is 263631. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banstoli covers 64.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Banstoli falls under Kanda tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banstoli is Kotdwara, about 30 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Banstoli.

Banstoli is about 95 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banstoli is in Kanda tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kanda is about 29 km away. Kotdwāra is about 30 km away. Kotdwara is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dantoli (under 2 km), Deo Toli (under 2 km) and Godoli Jhutoli (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Banstoli today is likely to be higher.

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