About Banaula Village

Banaula is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5, made up of 3 males and 2 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Banaula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Banaula village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	39.82 hectares
Population	5
Male Population	3
Female Population	2
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	667
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 Banaula compares

By the 2011 count Banaula is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 39.82 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Banaula

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

Banaula lies about 56 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 61 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 Banaula
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	19 km
Nearest town	Almora	43 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	56 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	61 km

Villages closest to Banaula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Banaula village had a population of 5. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Banaula village has 3 males and 2 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Banaula has about 667 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Banaula is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Banaula covers 39.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Banaula falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Banaula is Ramnagar, about 61 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 Banaula.

Banaula is about 56 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Banaula is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 19 km away. Almora is about 43 km away. Chamoli is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.