About Bunga Village

Bunga is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 111 males and 131 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,180 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bunga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bunga village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	130.5 hectares
Population	242
Male Population	111
Female Population	131
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,180
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bunga compares

By the 2011 count Bunga is the 95th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 130.5 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Bunga

Bunga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bunga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bunga from other places

Bunga lies about 56 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 78 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 Bunga
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	33 km
Nearest town	Almora	41 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	56 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	78 km

Villages closest to Bunga

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 Bunga

As per the Census of India 2011, Bunga village had a population of 242. That makes it the 95th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Bunga village has 111 males and 131 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bunga has about 1180 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1219.

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

Bunga covers 130.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bunga falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bunga is Kathgodam, about 78 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 village for Bunga.

Bunga 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.

Bunga is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 33 km away. Almora is about 41 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.