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About Batal Gaon Village

Batal Gaon is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 113 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,168 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Batal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Batal Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263632
Area (hectares) 105.88 hectares
Population 245
Male Population 113
Female Population 132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,168
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Batal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Batal Gaon is the 82nd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 105.88 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Batal Gaon

Batal Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Batal Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Batal Gaon from other places

Batal Gaon lies about 11 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 76 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 Batal Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 6.8 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 11 km
Nearest town Almora 39 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 76 km

Villages closest to Batal Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kapkot 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 Batal Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Batal Gaon village had a population of 245. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Batal Gaon village has 113 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Batal Gaon has about 1168 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Batal Gaon is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Batal Gaon covers 105.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Batal Gaon falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Batal Gaon is Kathgodam, about 76 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Batal Gaon.

Batal Gaon is about 11 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Batal Gaon is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 6.8 km away. Bageshwar is about 11 km away. Almora is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Beira Majhera (1.5 km), Pakar (1.8 km) and Bamsera (1.9 km).

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

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