About Baniyas Village

Baniyas is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 99 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,414 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baniyas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baniyas village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	84.84 hectares
Population	239
Male Population	99
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,414
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 Baniyas compares

By the 2011 count Baniyas is the 51st largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 84.84 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Baniyas

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

Baniyas lies about 50 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 65 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 Baniyas
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	32 km
Nearest town	Pauri	40 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	50 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	65 km

Villages closest to Baniyas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baniyas village had a population of 239. That makes it the 51st largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Baniyas village has 99 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baniyas has about 1414 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Baniyas is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baniyas covers 84.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baniyas falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Baniyas is Kotdwara, about 65 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 Baniyas.

Baniyas is about 50 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baniyas is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 32 km away. Pauri is about 40 km away. Chamoli is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.