About Bamankhal Village

Bamankhal is a small village in Pokhari tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 113 males and 60 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 531 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246473, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bamankhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bamankhal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Pokhari
Pincode	246473
Area (hectares)	28.66 hectares
Population	173
Male Population	113
Female Population	60
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	531
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bamankhal compares

By the 2011 count Bamankhal is the 77th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 28.66 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Bamankhal

Bamankhal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bamankhal 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 Bamankhal from other places

Bamankhal lies about 28 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 82 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 Bamankhal
Tehsil headquarters	Pokhari	23 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	28 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	43 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	82 km

Villages closest to Bamankhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bamankhal village had a population of 173. That makes it the 77th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Bamankhal village has 113 males and 60 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bamankhal has about 531 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Bamankhal is 246473. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bamankhal covers 28.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bamankhal falls under Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bamankhal is Kotdwara, about 82 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 Bamankhal.

Bamankhal is about 28 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bamankhal is in Pokhari tehsil of Chamoli district. Pokhari is about 23 km away. Chamoli is about 28 km away. Srīnagar is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.